Effects of adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf.) hull extracts on the secretion of progesterone and estradiol in vivo and in vitro

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 232, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1181-1194

  Hsia, Shih Min ^a,b   Yeh, Chih Lan ^a   Kuo, Yueh Hsiung ^c   Wang, Paulus S ^d,e   Chiang, Wenchang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adlay hulls; Aromatase; Estradiol; P450scc; Progesterone; StAR

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADLAY EXTRACT; AROMATASE; BUTANOL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COIX LACHRYMA JOBI EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ESTROGEN; FORSKOLIN; GONADOTROPIN; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SOLVENT; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADLAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COIX LACRYMA JOBI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; COIX; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; HORSES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

COIX LACRYMA-JOBI; RATTUS;

EID: 34848845254     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/0612-RM-306     Document Type: Article

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