Preparation of barbiturate optical isomers and their effects on GABA(A) receptors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1714-1722

  Tomlin, Sarah L ^c   Jenkins, Andrew ^a   Lieb, William R ^b   Franks, Nicholas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chiral chromatography; Intravenous anesthetics; Protein targets

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXOBARBITAL; PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; FIBROBLAST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BARBITURATES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MICE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0032984749     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199906000-00029     Document Type: Article

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