Effects of alpinumisoflavone and abyssinone V-4′-methyl ether derived from Erythrina lysistemon (Fabaceae) on the genital tract of ovariectomized female Wistar rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1029-1036

  Mvondo, M A ^a   Njamen, D ^a   Tanee Fomum, S ^a   Wandji, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

estrogen receptor ligands; estrogenicity; ovariectomy; uterine growth; vaginal stratification

Indexed keywords

ABYSSINONE V 4' METHYL ETHER; ALPINUMISOFLAVONE; ERYTHRINA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PHYTOESTROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ERYTHRINA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; ISOFLAVONES; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ERYTHRINA LYSISTEMON; FABACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84863719867     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3685     Document Type: Article

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