Effect of aromatic short-chain analogues of ceramide on axonal growth in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2697-2705

  Van Overmeire, Ilse ^a   Boldin, Swetlana A ^b   Dumont, Filip ^a   Van Calenbergh, Serge ^a   Slegers, Guido ^a   De Keukeleire, Denis ^a   Futerman, Anthony H ^b   Herdewijn, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (HEXANOYLAMINO) 5 PHENYLPENT 4 ENE 1,3 DIOL; 2 ACETAMIDO 4 DODECENE 1,3 DIOL; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FUMONISIN B1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; FUMONISINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MYCOTOXINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033566089     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm990091e     Document Type: Article

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