Interaction of some traditional plant extracts with uterine oestrogen or progestin receptors

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 756-760

  Benie, T ^a   Thieulant, M L ^b  

^a Lab d'Endocrinol/Biol de Repro   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Oestrogen receptor; Plant extracts; Progesterone receptor; Uterine horns

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA ETHYL 21 HYDROXY 19 NORPREGN 4 ENE 3,20 DIONE; AFRORMOSIA LAXIFLORA EXTRACT; ANTIESTROGEN; COLA NITIDA EXTRACT; COMBRETODENDRON MACROCARPUM EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS EXTRACT; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRORMOSIA LAXIFLORA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; COLA; COLA NITIDA; COMBRETODENDRON MACROCARPUM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; STERCULIACEAE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BARRINGTONIA; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STERCULIACEAE; UTERUS;

COLA; COLA NITIDA; ERINACEUS; FABACEAE; MALVACEAE; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS;

EID: 0042011126     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1208     Document Type: Article

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