Inhibition of [3H] flunitrazepam binding to rat brain membranes in vitro by puerarin and daidzein

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Shen, X L ^a,c   Witt, M R ^a   Nielsen, M ^a   Sterner, O ^b  

^a Sct Hans Hospital   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Shaanxi Acad Traditional Chinese M   (China)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor; Daidzein; Puerarin; Radix Puerariae

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DAIDZEIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PUERARIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 0029706161     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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