Using the pER8:GUS Reporter System to Screen for Phytoestrogens from Caesalpinia sappan
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Article
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Author(s) |
Lai, Wan-Chun (Author)
Wang, Hui-Chun (Author)
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Title:
Journal of Natural Products
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Volume/ Issue No.: 2011/AUG V.74 N.8
Call No.:547.005 JNP Location: Periodicals & References Hall - 2nd floor
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p 1698–1706
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Subject Area/ Descriptors |
Chemistry
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Abstract |
Arabidopsis thaliana pER8:GUS, a low-cost, highly efficient, and convenient transgenic plant system, was used to assay the estrogen-like activity of 30 traditional Chinese medicines. The MeOH extract of Caesalpinia sappan exhibited significant bioactivity in this assay, and subsequent bioactivity-guided fractionation...
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