Chalcones are potent inhibitors of aromatase and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities

Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 751-761

  Le Bail, Jean Christophe ^a   Pouget, Christelle ^a   Fagnere, Catherine ^a   Basly, Jean Philippe ^a   Chulia, Albert Jose ^a   Habrioux, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Aromatase; Breast cancer; Chalcones; Flavanones

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CHALCONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLAVANONE; FLAVONOID; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHALCONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; HUMANS; MICROSOMES;

EID: 0035808202     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(00)00974-7     Document Type: Article

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