Erythroidine alkaloids: A novel class of phytoestrogens

Planta Medica

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 861-869

  Djiogue, Sefirin ^a,b,c   Halabalaki, Maria ^a   Njamen, Dieudonné ^c   Kretzschmar, Georg ^b   Lambrinidis, George ^d   Hoepping, Josephine ^b   Raffaelli, Francesca M ^b   Mikros, Emmanuel ^d   Skaltsounis, Alexios Leandros ^a   Vollmer, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d Panepistimiopoli Zografou   (Greece)

Author keywords

alkaloids; Erythrina poeppigiana; erythroidines; Fabaceae; phytoestrogens; reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

8 OXO ALPHA ERYTHROIDINE; 8 OXO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA ERYTHROIDINE; BETA ERYTHROIDINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; METHANOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKALOID; BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN; PLANT EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARK; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGENICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IC 50; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; REPORTER GENE; REPORTER GENE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 3 GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION ASSAY; TREFOIL FACTOR 1 GENE; U2OS CELL LINE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT STEM;

ALKALOIDS; CELL LINE; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; ERYTHRINA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84905995166     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382861     Document Type: Article

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