Kyolic® and Pycnogenol® increase human growth hormone secretion in genetically-engineered keratinocytes

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-40

  Buz'Zard, Amber R ^a   Peng, Qiaoling ^a   Lau, Benjamin H S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Garlic compounds; Human growth hormone; In vitro model; Keratinocytes; Pycnogenol ; Secretagogues

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; LYSINE; PYCNOGENOL; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FLAVONOID; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOLS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GARLIC; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PLASMID; SECRETION; TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLAVONOIDS; GARLIC; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KERATINOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036462283     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ghir.2002.0260     Document Type: Article

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