The compounds from the hollyhock extract (Althaea rosea Cav. var. nigra) affect the aromatization in rat testicular cells in vivo and in vitro

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Papiez, Monika ^a   Gancarczyk, Monika ^a   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Culture; Estrogen receptors; Hollyhock; Immunohistochemistry; Leydig cells; Rat; Steroid hormones; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTOCYANIDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN AGONIST; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLAVONOID; HOLLYHOCK EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTROGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FLOWER; HOLLYHOCK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOLOGY; RAT; TESTIS CELL; ALTHAEA; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ALCEA ROSEA; ALTHAEA; ANIMALIA;

ALTHAEA; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOFLAVONES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 0036028907     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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