Caffeic acid phenethyl ester, a component of beehive propolis, is a novel selective estrogen receptor modulator

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-300

  Jung, Bo In ^a   Kim, Min Su ^a   Kim, Hyun Ae ^a   Kim, Dasom ^a   Yang, Jiwon ^a   Her, Song ^b   Song, Yun Seon ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester; Estrogen receptor; Phytoestrogen; SERM; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROPOLIS; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; PROPOLIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 75849128748     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2966     Document Type: Article

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