TY - JOUR
T1 - Glyceollin, a soybean phytoalexin with medicinal properties
AU - Ng, Tzi Bun
AU - Ye, Xiu Juan
AU - Wong, Jack Ho
AU - Fang, Evandro Fei
AU - Chan, Yau Sang
AU - Pan, Wenliang
AU - Ye, Xiu Yun
AU - Sze, Stephen Cho Wing
AU - Zhang, Kalin Yanbo
AU - Liu, Fang
AU - Wang, He Xiang
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - This review covers the biosynthesis of glyceollin and its biological activities including antiproliferative/antitumor action (toward B16 melanoma cells, LNCaP prostate cancer cells, and BG-1 ovarian cancer cells), anti-estrogenic action (through estrogen receptors α- and β-), antibacterial action (toward Erwinia carotovora, Escherichia coli, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Sinorhizobium fredii ), antinematode activity, and antifungal activity (toward Fusarium solani, Phakospora pachyrhizi, Diaporthe phaseolorum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Sclerotina sclerotiorum, Phytophthora sojae, Cercospora sojina, Phialophora gregata, and Rhizoctonia solani). Other activities include insulinotropic action and attenuation of vascular contractions in rat aorta.
AB - This review covers the biosynthesis of glyceollin and its biological activities including antiproliferative/antitumor action (toward B16 melanoma cells, LNCaP prostate cancer cells, and BG-1 ovarian cancer cells), anti-estrogenic action (through estrogen receptors α- and β-), antibacterial action (toward Erwinia carotovora, Escherichia coli, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Sinorhizobium fredii ), antinematode activity, and antifungal activity (toward Fusarium solani, Phakospora pachyrhizi, Diaporthe phaseolorum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Sclerotina sclerotiorum, Phytophthora sojae, Cercospora sojina, Phialophora gregata, and Rhizoctonia solani). Other activities include insulinotropic action and attenuation of vascular contractions in rat aorta.
KW - Soybean
KW - Phytoalexin
KW - Glyceollin
KW - Medisin
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79954969719&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1007/s00253-011-3169-7
DO - 10.1007/s00253-011-3169-7
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0175-7598
VL - 90
SP - 59
EP - 68
JO - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
IS - 1
ER -