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Planta Med 1995; 61(6): 561-562
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959373
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Estrogen-Like Activity of Cyclic Peptides from Vaccaria segetalis Extracts1

Hideji Itokawa, Youngsook Yun, Hiroshi Morita, Koichi Takeya, Kenji Yamada
  • Department of Pharmacognosy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Horinouchi 1432-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-03, Japan
1 Part 16 in the Series “Cyclic Peptides from Higher Plants”. For part 15, see Ref.(1)
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1995

1995

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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Methanol and ethyl acetate extracts of Wang Bu Liu Xing (seeds of Vaccaria segetalis, Caryophyllaceae) and cyclic peptides (named segetalins A and B) obtained from the extracts were shown to have an estrogen-like activity.

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