Browsing by Subject "Dietary Supplements"

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      Evaluation of estrogenic activity of plant extracts for the potential treatment of menopausal symptoms 

      Liu, J.; Burdette, J. E.; Xu, H.; Gu, C.; Van Breemen, R. B.; Bhat, K. P. L.; Booth, N.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Pezzuto, J. M.; Fong, H. H. S.; Farnsworth, N. R.; Bolton, J. L. (2001)
      Eight botanical preparations that are commonly used for the treatment of menopausal symptoms were tested for estrogenic activity. Methanol extracts of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus ...
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      The soy isoflavone daidzein improves the capacity of tamoxifen to prevent mammary tumours 

      Constantinou, Andreas I.; White, B. E. P.; Tonetti, D.; Yang, Y.; Liang, W.; Li, W.; Van Breemen, R. B. (2005)
      The aim of this study was to determine how the efficacy of tamoxifen is affected when combined with soy isoflavones. To address this, female Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on diets supplemented with tamoxifen, genistein, ...