Green tea polyphenols inhibit testosterone production in rat Leydig cells

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-370

  Figueiroa, Marina S ^a   César Vieira, Juliany S B ^a   Leite, Disleide S ^a   Filho, Ruben C O Andrade ^a   Ferreira, Fabiano ^a   Gouveia, Patrícia S ^a   Udrisar, Daniel P ^a   Wanderley, Maria I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GONADORELIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; TESTOSTERONE; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; WISTAR RAT;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FLAVONOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 69249217971     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.2     Document Type: Article

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