New estrogenic prenylflavone from Epimedium brevicornum inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells

Planta Medica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-119

  Yap, Sook Peng ^a   Shen, Ping ^a   Butler, Mark S ^a   Gong, Yinhan ^a   Loy, Chong Jin ^a   Yong, Eu Leong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anti proliferation; Berberidaceae; Breast; Cancer; Epimedium brevicornum; Estrogen; Prenylflavone; Receptor

Indexed keywords

BREVIFLAVONE A; BREVIFLAVONE B; EPIMEDIUM BREVICORNUM EXTRACT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRENYLAMINE; PRENYLFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEASOME; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YINYANGHUO;

ARTICLE; BERBERIDACEAE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM BREVICORNUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FRACTIONATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIMEDIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

BERBERIDACEAE; EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM BREVICORNUM;

EID: 14944365700     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837776     Document Type: Article

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