Seasonal variation of red clover (Trifolium pratense L., Fabaceae) isoflavones and estrogenic activity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1277-1282

  Booth, Nancy L ^a   Overk, Cassia R ^a   Yao, Ping ^a   Totura, Steve ^a   Deng, Yunfan ^a   Hedayat, A S ^a   Bolton, Judy L ^a   Pauli, Guido F ^a   Farnsworth, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Botanical dietary supplement; Estrogenic activity; HPLC; Ishikawa bioassay; Isoflavone content; MCF 7 cell proliferation; Red clover; Seasonal variation; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CLOVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEASON; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; PHYTOESTROGENS; SEASONS; TRIFOLIUM;

FABACEAE; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 33644918352     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf052927u     Document Type: Article

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