Effects of natural products and nutraceuticals on steroid hormone-regulated gene expression

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 213-219

  Rosenberg Zand, Rachel S ^a,b   Jenkins, David J A ^a   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer preventions; Natural estrogens; Nutraceuticals; Phytoestrogens; Steroid hormone activity

Indexed keywords

ALGAROBA; ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIGESTAGEN; ASCORBIC ACID; CHAMOMILE; DIOSGENIN; ESTRO LOGIC; ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; GESTAGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MIFEPRISTONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PRIMROSE OIL; PROSTATE EASE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PS2; RU 56187; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE ANTAGONIST; THEAFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ECHINACEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GINSENG; GRAPE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SABAL; TEA; TISSUE CULTURE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHAMOMILE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEINS; STEROIDS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANTHEMIS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

EID: 0034813668     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00626-X     Document Type: Article

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