Prof. Snait Tamir, Dr Faiga Magzal : Nutrition & Human Health

Glabridin, a phytoestrogen from licorice root, up-regulates the intracellular antioxidant defense mechanism under glucose stress

Itamar Yehuda1, Zecharia Madar 2, Andrea Szuchman-Sapir1, Snait Tamir 1, 3.
2011 , Phytotherapy Research 2011 Volume 25 Issue 5 Pages 659-67

Human atherosclerotic plaque lipid extract promotes expression of proinflammatory factors in human monocytes and macrophage-like cells

H. Yehuda; A. Szuchman-Sapir; S. Khatib; R. Musa; S. Tamir
2011 , Atherosclerosis 2011 Volume 218 Issue 2 Pages 339-343

Mutual interaction of special phytoestrogenic compounds, their synthetic carboxy-derivatives and the less-calcemic vitamin D analog activities in human derived female cultured osteoblasts

D. Somjen; S. Katzburg; O. Sharon; G. H. Posner; N. Jaccard; D. Hendel; S. Tamir; J. Vaya
2011 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2011 Volume 127 Issue 04-??? Pages 351-357

Potential skin antiinflammatory effects of 4-methylthiobutylisothiocyanate (MTBI) isolated from rocket (Eruca sativa) seeds

H. Yehuda; S. Khatib; I. Sussan; R. Musa; J. Vaya; S. Tamir
2009 , BioFactors 2009 Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 295-305

The response of creatine kinase specific activity in rat pituitary to estrogenic compounds and vitamin d less-calcemic analogs

Dalia Somjen, Nitza Mirsky, Snait Tamir, Jacob Vaya, Gary H. Posner and Alvin M. Kaye
2009 , International Journal of Cell Biology 2009 Volume Article ID 273651 Pages 8 pages

Enhanced substituted resorcinol hydrophobicity augments tyrosinase inhibition potency

S. Khatib; O. Nerya; R. Musa; S. Tamir; T. Peter; J. Vaya
2007 , Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2007 Volume 50 Issue 11 Pages 2676-2681

Exogenous N-linoleoyl tyrosine marker as a tool for the characterization of cellular oxidative stress in macrophages

A. Szuchman; M. Aviram; K. Soliman; S. Tamir; J. Vaya
2006 , Free Radical Research 2006 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 41-52

Chalcones as potent tyrosinase inhibitors: The importance of a 2,4-substituted resorcinol moiety

S. Khatib; O. Nerya; R. Musa; M. Shmuel; S. Tamir; J. Vaya
2005 , Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2005 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 433-441

Chalcones as potent tyrosinase inhibitors: The effect of hydroxyl positions and numbers

O. Nerya; R. Musa; S. Khatib; S. Tamir; J. Vaya
2004 , Phytochemistry 2004 Volume 65 Issue 10 Pages 1389-1395

Estrogenic activity of glabridin and glabrene from licorice roots on human osteoblasts and prepubertal rat skeletal tissues

D. Somjen; S. Katzburg; J. Vaya; A. M. Kaye; D. Hendel; G. H. Posner; S. Tamir
2004 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2004 Volume 91 Issue 04-??? Pages 241-246

Estrogen-like activity of licorice root constituents: Glabridin and glabrene, in vascular tissues in vitro and in vivo

D. Somjen; E. Knoll; J. Vaya; N. Stern; S. Tamir
2004 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2004 Volume 91 Issue 3 Pages 147-155

The relation between the chemical structure of flavonoids and their estrogen-like activities

J. Vaya; S. Tamir
2004 , Current Medicinal Chemistry 2004 Volume 11 Issue 10 Pages 1333-1343

Cholesterol, linoleic acid or/and tyrosine yield different spectra of products when oxidized alone or in a mixture: Studies in various oxidative systems

A. Szuchman; M. Aviram; S. Tamir; J. Vaya
2003 , Free Radical Research 2003 Volume 37 Issue 12 Pages 1277-1288

Glabrene and isoliquiritigenin as tyrosinase inhibitors from licorice roots

O. Nerya; J. Vaya; R. Musa; S. Izrael; R. Ben-Arie; S. Tamir
2003 , Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003 Volume 51 Issue 5 Pages 1201-1207

Inhibition of LDL oxidation by flavonoids in relation to their structure and calculated enthalpy

J. Vaya; S. Mahmood; A. Goldblum; M. Aviram; N. Volkova; A. Shaalan; R. Musa; S. Tamir
2003 , Phytochemistry 2003 Volume 62 Issue 1 Pages 89-99

Inhibition of serotonin re-uptake by licorice constituents

R. Ofir; S. Tamir; S. Khatib; J. Vaya
2003 , Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 2003 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 135-140

The effect of oxidative stress on ERα and ERβ expression

S. Tamir; S. Izrael; J. Vaya
2002 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2002 Volume 81 Issue 04-??? Pages 327-332

Estrogen-like activity of glabrene and other constituents isolated from licorice root

S. Tamir; M. Eizenberg; D. Somjen; S. Izrael; J. Vaya
2001 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2001 Volume 78 Issue 3 Pages 291-298

Paradoxical interactions among estrogen receptors, estrogens and SERMS: Mutual annihilation and synergy

A. M. Kaye; M. Spatz; A. Waisman; S. Sasson; S. Tamir; J. Vaya; D. Somjen
2001 , Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2001 Volume 76 Issue 04-??? Pages 85-93

Estrogenic and antiproliferative properties of glabridin from licorice in human breast cancer cells

S. Tamir; M. Eizenberg; D. Somjen; N. Stern; R. Shelach; A. Kaye; J. Vaya
2000 , Cancer Research 2000 Volume 60 Issue 20 Pages 5704-5709

Etheno adducts in spleen DNA of SJL mice stimulated to overproduce nitric oxide

J. Nair; A. Gal; S. Tamir; S. R. Tannenbaum; G. N. Wogan; H. Bartsch
1998 , Carcinogenesis 1998 Volume 19 Issue 12 Pages 2081-2084

Nitrotyrosine formation, apoptosis, and oxidative damage: Relationships to nitric oxide production in SJL mice bearing the RcsX tumor

A. Gal; S. Tamir; L. J. Kennedy; S. R. Tannenbaum; G. N. Wogan
1997 , Cancer Research 1997 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1821-1828

A mechanistic analysis of nitric oxide-induced cellular toxicity

S. Burney; S. Tamir; A. Gal; S. R. Tannenbaum
1997 , Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry 1997 Volume 1 Issue 2 Pages 130-144

NO-induced oxidative stress and glutathione metabolism in rodent and human cells

S. Luperchio; S. Tamir; S. R. Tannenbaum
1996 , Free Radical Biology and Medicine 1996 Volume 21 Issue 4 Pages 513-519

The role of nitric oxide (NO·) in the carcinogenic process

S. Tamir; S. R. Tannenbaum
1996 , Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer 1996 Volume 1288 Issue 2 Pages F31-F36