Screening of Steroids from Plants Using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae as a Host System
Description:
The reconstituted steroid transcription unit in Saccharomyces cerevisae was used to screen for steroids in cell extracts prepared from 24 species of plants representing 16 families. Extracts from 7 species representing 5 families were able to activate both estrogen and progesterone receptors expressed in yeast.
Date:
August 1992
Creator:
Maier, Camelia G. A. (Camelia Gabriela-Anca)
Partner:
UNT Libraries