Fol. Biol. 2019, 65, 24-35

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2019065010024

Genistein and Selected Phytoestrogen-Containing Extracts Differently Modulate Antioxidant Properties and Cell Differentiation: an in Vitro Study in NIH-3T3, HaCaT and MCF-7 Cells

Ivana Šušaníková1, M. Puchľová1, V. Lachová1, E. Švajdlenka2, P. Mučaji1, K. Smetana, Jr.3,4, Peter Gál1,5,6,7

1Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2Department of Chemical Theory of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
3BIOCEV, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Vestec, Czech Republic
4Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
5Burn Centre Prague, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
6Department of Biomedical Research, East-Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseaes, Inc., Košice, Slovak Republic
7Laboratory of Cell Interactions, MediPark, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic

Received December 2018
Accepted December 2018

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