Chrysin (5,7-di-OH-flavone), a naturally-occurring ligand for benzodiazepine receptors, with anticonvulsant properties

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 2227-2231

  Medina, Jorge H ^a   Paladini, Alejandro C ^a   Wolfman, Claudia ^a   de Stein, Miguelina Levi ^a   Calvo, Daniel ^a   Diaz, Luis E ^a   Peña, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHRYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HIGHER PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; FLAVONES; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025136261     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90716-X     Document Type: Article

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