Phenolics from extracts of Brahea armata with inhibitory effect against 5α-reductase type-II

Pharmazie

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1034-1037

  Hussein, S A ^a   Hashim, A N ^a   Barakat, H H ^a   Jose, J ^b   Lindequist, U ^c   Nawwar, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (4 HYDROXYBENZOYL) GLYCEROL; 4',6' DIMETHOXY BETA,4,2' TRIHYDROXY CHALCONE; 5ALPHA REDUCTASE TYPE 2; ALCOHOL; BRAHEA ARMATA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARECACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 33845916078     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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