Effects of S-equol and natural S-equol supplement (SE5-OH) on the growth of MCF-7 in vitro and as tumors implanted into ovariectomized athymic mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2279-2284

  Onoda, Atsuko ^a   Ueno, Tomomi ^a   Uchiyama, Shigeto ^a   Hayashi, Shin ichi ^b   Kato, Kiyoko ^c   Wake, Norio ^d  

^a OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Equol; Genistein; Isoflavones; MCF 7 cells; Soy

Indexed keywords

EQUOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; EQUOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 79960843453     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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