Genistein
"Genistein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An isoflavonoid derived from soy products. It inhibits PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE and topoisomerase-II (DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II); activity and is used as an antineoplastic and antitumor agent. Experimentally, it has been shown to induce G2 PHASE arrest in human and murine cell lines and inhibits PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE.
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D019833
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.266.450.400.375 D03.438.150.266.450.400.375
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Heruth DP, Wetmore LA, Leyva A, Rothberg PG. Influence of protein tyrosine phosphorylation on the expression of the c-myc oncogene in cancer of the large bowel. J Cell Biochem. 1995 May; 58(1):83-94.