Opioid receptor agonistic characteristics of mitragynine pseudoindoxyl in comparison with mitragynine derived from Thai medicinal plant Mitragyna speciosa

General Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Yamamoto, Leonardo T ^a   Horie, Syunji ^a   Takayama, Hiromitsu ^a   Aimi, Norio ^a   Sakai, Shin Ichiro ^a   Yano, Shingo ^a   Shan, Jie ^b   Pang, Peter K T ^b   Ponglux, Dhavadee ^c   Watanabe, Kazuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Guinea pig ileum; Mitragynine; Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl; Morphine; Mouse vas deferens; Opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CLONIDINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; HEXAMETHONIUM; INDOLE ALKALOID; MITRAGYNINE; MITRAGYNINE PSEUDOINDOXYL; MORPHINE; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALOXONAZINE; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NICARDIPINE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAS DEFERENS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS; THAILAND; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032973203     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(98)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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