Testosterone 5α-reductase inhibitor bisnaphthoquinone derivative from Impatiens balsamina

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-56

  Ishiguro, Kyoko ^a   Oku, Hisae ^a   Kato, Toyonari ^b  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon RIMEF Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisnaphthquione derivative; Impatienol; Impatiens balsamina L.; Testosterone 5 reductase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

BISNAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; IMPATIENOL; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MEDICINAL PLANT;

IMPATIENS BALSAMINA;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0033621758     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(200002)14:1<54::aid-ptr540>3.0.co;2-q     Document Type: Article

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