Estrogenic activity of glabridin and glabrene from licorice roots on human osteoblasts and prepubertal rat skeletal tissues

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Somjen, Dalia ^a   Katzburg, Sara ^a   Vaya, Jacob ^b   Kaye, Alvin M ^c   Hendel, David ^d   Posner, Gary H ^e   Tamir, Snait ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Diaphysis; Epiphysis; Estradiol; Glabrene; Glabridin; Human bone cells; Vitamin D analogs raloxifene

Indexed keywords

20 EPI 22 ETHOXY 24A,26A,27A TRIHOMO 9,10 SECOCHOLESTA 5,7,10(19) TRIEN 23 YNE 1ALPHA,3BETA,25 TRIOL; CREATINE KINASE; ESTRADIOL; FLAVONOID; GLABRENE; GLABRIDIN; JK 1624 F 2 2; RALOXIFENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIPHYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OVARIECTOMY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREPUBERTY; RAT; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; CALCITRIOL; CREATINE KINASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; OSTEOBLASTS; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOLS; PLANT ROOTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RALOXIFENE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN D;

GLYCYRRHIZA; LIGUSTICUM;

EID: 4444287838     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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