Estrogen-like activity of volatile components from Vitex rotundifolia L

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Hu, Yuan ^a   Hou, Ting Ting ^a   Xin, Hai Liang ^a   Zhang, Qiao Yan ^a   Zheng, Han Chen ^a   Rahman, Khalid ^b   Qin, Lu Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Phytoestrogens; SFE; Vitex rotundifolia

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BISABOLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; LINOLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SCLAREOL; SQUALENE; STEARIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITEX ROTUNDIFOLIA EXTRACT; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITEX ROTUNDIFOLIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; TUMOR CELL LINE; VITEX;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOESTROGENS; VITEX;

EID: 35549010983     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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