Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Compounds from Cynomorium songaricum with Estrogenic and Androgenic Activities Suppress the Oestrogen/Androgen-Induced BPH Process

Table 3

Summary of results on cellular level.
Number Abb. Androgenic activity Estrogen activity
AR
N.T.		AR
T.A.		LNCaP
Prol.		ERα
N.T.		ERα
T.A.		ERβ
N.T.		ERβ
T.A.		MCF7
Prol.
(1)FA−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(2)Cyn−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(3)UA−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(4)Gal−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(5)Pal−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(6)Pac−−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(7)Lut+−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(8)Rut+−N.D.+N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.
(9)ECG+++++N.D.++
(10)NarN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.+N.D.++
(11)PhlN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.+N.D.+−
(12)ChrN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.+N.D.+−
(13)EmoN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.+N.D.++
(14)PhyN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.−N.D.+−
(15)CatN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.−N.D.−−
Note. “N.T.”: nuclear translocation, “T.A.”: transcriptional activity, “Prol.”: proliferation, “−”: negative, “+”: positive, and “N.D.”: has not been detected.