Effects of 8-prenylnaringenin on the hypotalamo-pituitary-uterine axis in rat after 3-month treatment

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-405

  Christoffel, J ^a   Rimoldi, G ^a   Wuttke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 PRENYLNARINGENIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOMETRIUM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COMPLEMENT C3; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 33645232044     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06384     Document Type: Article

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