The antistress effect of majonoside-R2, a major saponin component of Vietnamese ginseng: Neuronal mechanisms of action

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-76

  Huong, Nguyen Thi Thu ^a   Matsumoto, Kinzo ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA(A) benzodiazepine receptors; Majonoside R2; Neuroactive steroid; Psychological stress induced pathophysiological changes; Vietnamese ginseng

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; MAJONOSIDE R2; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEUROSTEROID; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GINSENOSIDES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SAPONINS; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031955776     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1998.20.1.485634     Document Type: Review

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