Monoamine oxidase inhibitor from Uncaria rhynchophylla

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Hong, Seong Su ^a   Han, Xiang Hua ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Choi, Woo Hoi ^a   Lee, Myung Koo ^a   Hur, Jae Doo ^b   Hwang, Bang Yeon ^a   Ro, Jai Seup ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Crown Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Harman; Monoamine oxidase inhibitor; Rubiaceae; Uncaria rhynchophylla

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA DIHYDROCADAMBINE; ALKALOID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BETA CARBOLINE; CADAMBINE; CORYNOXEINE; HARMAN; INDOLE ALKALOID; IPRONIAZID; ISOCORYNOXEINE; ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE; METHANOL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; UNCARIA;

EID: 26944487982     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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