Estrogen bioactivity in Fo-Ti and other herbs used for their estrogen-like effects as determined by a recombinant cell bioassay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4077-4079

  Klein, Karen Oerter ^a,b   Janfaza, Mona ^a   Wong, Jeffrey A ^a   Chang, R Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CHASTE TREE BERRY EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FO TI; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOPS EXTRACT; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; PHYTOESTROGENS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOYBEANS;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; CAULOPHYLLUM; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; GLYCINE MAX; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMULUS LUPULUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 0141746128     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030349     Document Type: Article

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