The stimulation of capsaicin-sensitive neurones in a vanilloid receptor-mediated fashion by pungent terpenoids possessing an unsaturated 1,4-dialdehyde moiety

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-290

  Szallasi, A ^a,d   Jonassohn, M ^b   Acs G ^c   Biro T ^c   Acs P ^c   Blumberg, P M ^c   Sterner, O ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Capsazepine; Isovelleral; Novel vanilloids; Pungent terpenoids; Resiniferatoxin; Unsaturated dialdehydes; Vanilloid receptors

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; ISOVELLERAL; RESINIFERATOXIN; TERPENOID; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TONGUE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

EID: 0029833970     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15983.x     Document Type: Article

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