Isolation and identification of novel estrogenic compounds in yam tuber (Dioscorea alata cv. Tainung No. 2)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 7350-7358

  Cheng, Wei Yi ^a   Kuo, Yueh Hsiung ^a,b,c   Huang, Ching Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1 feruloylglycerol; Chromanol; Chromenol; Coenzyme Q9; Discorea alata; Phytoestrogen

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT TUBER; YAM;

BENZOPYRANS; DIOSCOREA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 34848873390     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0711690     Document Type: Article

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