Downregulation of progesterone biosynthesis in rat granulosa cells by adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf.) bran extracts

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-274

  Hsia, S M ^a   Chiang, W ^a   Kuo, Y H ^a   Wang, P S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Adlay; ERK1 2; P450scc; Progesterone; StAR

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADLAY BRAN EXTRACT; BUTANOL; CALCIMYCIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI MA YUEN STAPF EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; FORSKOLIN; HEXANE; MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SOLVENT; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADLAY; ADLAY BRAN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI MA UEN STAPF; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; COIX; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRANULOSA CELLS; KINETICS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33646549308     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901405     Document Type: Article

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