Induction of neutral endopeptidase activity in PC-3 cells by an aqueous extract of Epilobium angustifolium L. and oenothein B

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 284-289

  Kiss, A ^a   Kowalski, J ^a   Melzig, M F ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Benign prostate hyperplasia; Epilobium angustifolium L.; Neutral endopeptidase; Oenothein B; PC 3 cells; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ELLAGITANNIN; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; OENOTHEIN B; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTARABINE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPILOBIUM; HUMANS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEPRILYSIN; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; WATER;

CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM;

EID: 32844463174     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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