Inhibitory effects of Scutellaria barbata D. Don. and Euonymus alatus Sieb. on aromatase activity of human leiomyomal cells

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-327

  Lee, Tae Kyun ^a   Kim, Dong I I ^a   Han, Ji Yeong ^a   Kim, Cheorl Ho ^a,b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Euonymus alatus Sieb. (EA); Leiomyomal cell; Myometrial cell; Scutellaria barbata D. Don. (SB)

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; EUONYMUS ALATUS EXTRACT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE C; SCUTELLARIA BARBATA EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUONYMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSOME; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCUTELLARIA; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EUONYMUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PLANT BARK; RHIZOME; SCUTELLARIA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS ALATUS; SCUTELLARIA;

EID: 5044228902     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-200026840     Document Type: Article

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