The hop phytoestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin, reverses the ovariectomy-induced rise in skin temperature in an animal model of menopausal hot flushes

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-405

  Bowe, James ^b   Li, Xiao Feng ^b   Kinsey Jones, James ^b   Heyerick, Arne ^a   Brain, Susan ^b   Milligan, Stuart ^b   O'Byrne, Kevin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONITRILE; 4,4',4' (4 PROPYL [1H] PYRAZOLE 1,3,5 TRIYL)TRISPHENOL; 8 PRENYLNARINGENIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA AGONIST; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA AGONIST; FULVESTRANT; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HOPS; HOT FLUSH; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENOPAUSE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL; THERMOREGULATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BEER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; HOT FLASHES; HUMULUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL;

EID: 33751531570     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06919     Document Type: Article

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