Estrogenic activities of Psoralea corylifolia L. seed extracts and main constituents

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-430

  Lim, Sun Hye ^b   Ha, Tae Youl ^b   Ahn, Jiyun ^b   Kim, Suna ^a  

^a Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bakuchiol; Estrogenic activity; In vitro assays; Psoralea corylifolia L.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKYL PHENYL KETONE; BAKUCHIOL; BAVACHALCONE; BAVACHININE; BAVACHROMENE; CHALCONE; CHLOROFORM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; ISOBAVACHALCONE; ISOBAVACHROMENE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; PSORALEN; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORALEA; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA; TRANSACTIVATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSORALEA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

CULLEN CORYLIFOLIA;

EID: 79952739369     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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