Mapping the melatonin receptor. 4. Comparison of the binding affinities of a series of substituted phenylalkyl amides

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1797-1805

  Garratt, Peter J ^a   Travard, Sylvie ^a,d   Vonhoff, Stefan ^a   Tsotinis, Andrew ^b   Sugden, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; N [3 (3 CHLOROPHENYL)PROPYL]BUTANAMIDE; N [3 (3 METHOXYPHENYL)PROPYL]PROPIONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHICKEN; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; NONHUMAN;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 0029930956     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9508189     Document Type: Article

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