Inhibition of serotonin re-uptake by licorice constituents

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Ofir, Rivka ^c   Tamir, Snait ^a,b   Khatib, Soliman ^a,b   Vaya, Jacob ^a,b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; Glabrene; Glabridin; Phytoestrogens; SAR; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2' O METHYLGLABRIDIN; 4' O METHYLGLABRIDIN; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; GESTAGEN; GLABRENE; GLABRIDIN; IMIPRAMINE; ISOFLAVAN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RESORCINOL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPRESSION; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GENISTEIN; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MENOPAUSE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOLS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RESORCINOLS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

GLYCYRRHIZA;

EID: 0038279952     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:20:2:135     Document Type: Article

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