Evaluation of estrogenic activity of plant extracts for the potential treatment of menopausal symptoms

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2472-2479

  Liu, Jianghua ^a   Burdette, Joanna E ^a   Xu, Haiyan ^a   Gu, Chungang ^a   Van Breemen, Richard B ^a   Bhat, Krishna P L ^a   Booth, Nancy ^a   Constantinou, Andreas I ^a   Pezzuto, John M ^a   Fong, Harry H S ^a   Farnsworth, Norman R ^a   Bolton, Judy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Dietary supplement; Estrogen receptor; Isoflavones; Phytoestrogens; Progesterone receptor; pS2

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENS, NON STEROIDAL; GENISTEIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HUMULUS LUPULUS EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACT; PRESENILIN 2; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 17944378660     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0014157     Document Type: Article

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