Screening for estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of plants growing in Egypt and Thailand

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-113

  El Halawany, Ali ^a,b   Salah El Dine, Riham ^a,b   Chung, Mi Hwa ^a   Nishihara, Tsutomu ^c   Hattori, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogenic activity; leguminoseae; yeast two hybrid assay

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA EXTRACT; ANTIESTROGEN; ARTABOTRYS HARMANDII EXTRACT; CLITOREA HANCEANA EXTRACT; DALBERGIA CANDENATENSIS EXTRACT; DRACENA LOUREIRI EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MANSONIA GAGEI EXTRACT; METHANOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOPHORA JAPONICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DALBERGIA; DERRIS; DRACAENA; EGYPT; ERYTHRINA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOPHORA; THAILAND; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

EID: 80052226335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81958     Document Type: Article

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