Miltirone, a central benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist from a Chinese medicinal herb Salvia Miltiorrhiza

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 237-241

  Lee, Chi Ming ^a   Wong, Henry N C ^a   Chui, Kuk Ying ^a   Choang, Tai F ^a   Hon, Po Ming ^a   Chang, Hson Mou ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Dependence; Diazepam; Diterpene quinone; Tanshinone; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 5H PYRAZOLO[4,3 C]QUINOLIN 3 ONE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MILRINONE; RO 09 0680; TANSHINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

DIAZEPAM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PHENANTHRENES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025915236     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90802-Z     Document Type: Article

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