Flavonoids inhibit estrogen binding to rat alpha-fetoprotein

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-321

  Baker, Michael E ^a,c   Medlock, Kevin L ^b   Sheehan, Daniel M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b National Center for Toxicological Research   (United States)

^c Summer ORISE Faculty

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; APIGENIN; CHRYSIN; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FISETIN; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOFLAVONOID; KAEMPFEROL; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; STEROID HORMONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESTROGEN BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031936765     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-217-44238     Document Type: Article

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