Opioid activity of alkaloids extracted from Picralima nitida (fam. Apocynaceae)

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-108

  Menzies, John R W ^a   Paterson, Stewart J ^b   Duwiejua, Mahama ^c   Corbett, Alistair D ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Binding assay; Bioassay; Opioid receptor; ORL1 receptor; Picralima nitida

Indexed keywords

AKUAMMICINE; AKUAMMIDINE; AKUAMMIGINE; AKUAMMINE; ALKALOID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; PSEUDO AKUAMMIGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ILEUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOASSAY; VAS DEFERENS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; NARCOTICS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 0032577593     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00232-5     Document Type: Article

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