Evaluation of the Estrogenic Activity of Leguminosae Plants

Hye Hyun Yoo; Taehyeong Kim; Soyun Ahn; Yoon Jung Kim; Hyun Young Kim; Xiang Lan Piao; Jeong Hill Park

doi:10.1248/bpb.28.538

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Evaluation of the Estrogenic Activity of Leguminosae Plants

Hye Hyun Yoo, Taehyeong Kim, Soyun Ahn, Yoon Jung Kim, Hyun Young Kim, Xiang Lan Piao, Jeong Hill Park

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Keywords: Leguminosae, phytoestrogen, Ishikawa cell

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2005 Volume 28 Issue 3 Pages 538-540

DOI https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.28.538

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Abstract

The plant extracts of the Leguminosae family were screened for their estrogenic activity with the Ishikawa cell system. Of the tested plants, Desmodium oxyphyllum, Dunbaria villosa, Kummerowia striata, Lespedeza bicolor, Maackia amurensis, Maackia fauriei, Pueraria thunbergiana, and Sophora flavescens were highly estrogenic with EC₅₀ values of less than 10 μg/ml.

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