Effects of genistein on the mammary gland proliferation of adult ovariectomised Wistar rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-310

  Hertrampf, Torsten ^a   Schmidt, Simone ^a   Seibel, Jan ^a   Laudenbach Leschowsky, Ute ^a   Degen, Gisela H ^b   Diel, Patrick ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogens; Genistein; Mammary gland; Phytoestrogens; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS WEIGHT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33645531410     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916229     Document Type: Article

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