Purple rice extract inhibits testosterone-induced rat prostatic hyperplasia and growth of human prostate cancer cell line by reduction of androgen receptor activation

• Main Authors: Chanarat Kiriya, Ranchana Yeewa, Chakkrit Khanaree, Teera Chewonarin
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85069659697&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/65320
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The preventive effects of purple rice crude ethanolic extract (PRE) were firstly investigated on testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in castrated rats. As compared to vehicle-treated rats, lower prostate weights were found in the BPH rats that recei...