Wood-derived estrogens: Studies in vitro with breast cancer cell lines and in vivo in trout

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-388

  Mellanen, Pirkko ^a   Petänen, Tiina ^b   Lehtimäki, Jyrki ^a   Mäkelä, Sari ^a   Bylund, Göran ^c   Holmbom, Bjarne ^c   Mannila, Erkki ^b   Oikari, Aimo ^b   Santti, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIETIC ACID; ANDROSTENEDIOL; BETULIN; CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; ESTROGEN; ISORHAPONTIGENIN; ISORHAPONTIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PINOSYLVIN; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; RAINBOW TROUT;

EID: 18744421821     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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