Identification of liver X receptor and farnesoid X receptor dual agonists from Tithonia diversifolia

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3270-3281

  Lin, Hsiang Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR); Liver X receptor (LXR); Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae)

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; FARNESOID X RECEPTOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C;

ARTICLE; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; THERAPY EFFECT; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84878845309     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-012-0359-5     Document Type: Article

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