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ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Banana Flower Extract Suppresses Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Regulating the Inflammatory Response and Inducing G

Liang-Chih Liu, Yung-Hsiang Lin, Ying-Chao Lin, Chi-Tang Ho, Chao-Ming Hung, Tzong-DER Way, DA-Tian Bau

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Article in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liang-Chih LiuDepartment of Surgery, Translational Medicine Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yung-Hsiang LinTCI Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Ying-Chao LinDivision of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chi-Tang HoDepartment of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.
Chao-Ming HungDepartment of General Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tzong-DER WayDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biopharmaceutical and Food Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. datian@mail.cmuh.org.tw artbau2@gmail.com tdway@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
DA-Tian BauDepartment of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. datian@mail.cmuh.org.tw artbau2@gmail.com tdway@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology · TWI-Shou University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThe banana flower is used for ameliorating urinary disturbance. However, there is limited evidence to support the efficacy or mechanism of action of banana flower against benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In the present study, the anti-BPH activity and mechanisms of banana flower extracts were investigated in vitro and in vivo. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe banana flower extract is a water-soluble extract obtained by sonication. MTT assay was used to examine whether banana flower extract exhibited cytotoxic effects on BPH-1 cells. The effect of banana flower extract on cell-cycle distribution was examined by flow cytometry. The expression of cell-cycle-regulatory molecules was determined by western blot analysis. Testosterone propionate (TP)-induced rat model of BPH was used to evaluate the anti-BPH activity of banana flower extract in vivo.

resultsBanana flower extract reduced epithelial cell line BPH-1 cell viability through cell-cycle arrest at G

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCyclooxygenase 2DinoprostoneFlowersG1 Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsHumansMaleMusaPlant ExtractsProstatic HyperplasiaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCyclooxygenase 2DinoprostonePlant ExtractsBanana flower extractBenign prostatic hyperplasiacyclooxygenase-2G0/G1 arrestprostaglandin E2

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PMID30348691
PMCPMC6365740
OpenAlexW2896072002

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