Neuroactive flavonoids: New ligands for the Benzodiazepine receptors

Phytomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Medina, J H ^a   Viola, H ^a   Wolfman, C ^a   Marder, M ^b   Wasowski, C ^b   Calvo, D ^a   Paladini, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anxiolysis; Benzodiazepine receptors; Flavonoids; Partial agonist

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000073604     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(98)80034-2     Document Type: Review

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