In vitro study of the interaction of Tilia europeae L. aqueous extract with GABA(A) receptors in rat brain

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-21

  Cavadas, C ^a   Fontes Ribeiro, C A ^b   Santos, M S ^c   Cunha, A P ^a   Macedo, T ^b   Caramona, M M ^a   Cotrim, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

amino acid content; GABA(A) receptor; rat brain; Tilia europeae

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE 36; CLONAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOLIGAND; TILIA EUROPEAE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031051651     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199702)11:1<17::AID-PTR948>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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