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    Screening for estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of plants growing in Egypt and Thailand

    Ali M. El-Halawany1,2, Riham Salah El Dine1,2, Mi Hwa Chung1, Tsutomu Nishihara3, Masao Hattori1★★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194
    2. 2Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University 11562
    3. 3Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-3-6 Minatojima, Chuo-Ku, Kobe 650-0045, Japan

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    Masao Hattori

    *Address for correspondence: Dr. Masao Hattori, Department of Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama 2630 Sugitani, Toyama-930 0194, Japan.

    saibo421@inm.u-toyama.ac.jp

    Revised: 21-12-2010.

    Volume 3, Issue 2 · pp. 107–113 · PUBLISHED January 2011 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.81958

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    Background There is a growing demand for the discovery of new phytoestrogens to be used as a safe and effective hormonal replacement therapy. Materials and Methods The methanol extracts of 40 plants from the Egyptian and Thailand folk medicines were screened for their estrogen agonist and antagonist activities. The estrogenic and antiestrogenic effects of the tested extracts were carried out using the yeast two-hybrid assay system expressing ERα and ERβ. In addition, all the extracts were subjected to a naringinase treatment and retested for their estrogenic activity. Results The methanol extracts of Derris reticulata and Dracaena lourieri showed the most potent estrogenic activity on both estrogen-receptor subtypes, while, the methanol extracts of Butea monosperma, Erythrina fusca, and Dalbergia candenatensis revealed significant estrogenic activity on ERβ only. Nigella sativa, Sophora japonica, Artabotrys harmandii, and Clitorea hanceana showed estrogenic effect only after naringinase treatment. The most potent antiestrogenic effect was revealed by Aframomum melegueta, Dalbergia candenatensis, Dracena loureiri, and Mansonia gagei.

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      El-Halawany, A. M., Dine, R. S. E., Chung, M. H., Nishihara, T., & Hattori, M. (2011). Screening for estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of plants growing in Egypt and Thailand. Pharmacognosy Research, 3(2), 107–113. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-8490.81958