Application of radioligand-receptor binding assays in the search for the active principles of the traditional Chinese medicine 'Gouteng'

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Zhu, M ^a   Phillipson, J D ^b   Yu, H ^c   Greengrass, P M ^d   Norman, N G ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Langston Priory Mews   (United Kingdom)

^d PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiallocorynantheine; Gouteng; Hirsutine; Radioligand receptor binding assay; Uncaria rhynchophylla; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DIHYDROALPRENOLOL; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GOUTENG; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; METHANOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NITRENDIPINE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PRAZOSIN; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SULFONYLUREA RECEPTOR; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; UNCARIA; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA;

EID: 0030901391     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199705)11:3<231::AID-PTR86>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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