Screening of indigenous plants from South Africa for affinity to the serotonin reuptake transport protein

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Nielsen, Nicolaj D ^a,b   Sandager, Mikkel ^a,b   Stafford, Gary I ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a   Jäger, Anna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antidepressive plants; Citalopram; Depression; Indigenous plants; Radioligand assay; Serotonin reuptake transport protein; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACOKANTHERA OBLONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA AFRA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULOIDES EXTRACT; ASCLEPIAS FRUITCOSA EXTRACT; BOOPHANE DISTICHA EXTRACT; BRUNSVIGIA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; BULBINE FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM CAMOHORA EXTRACT; CLAUSENA ANISATA EXTRACT; CONOSTOMIUM NATALENSE EXTRACT; COTYLEDON ORBICULATA EXTRACT; DATURA FEROX EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DICLIS REPTANS EXTRACT; GASTERIA CROUCHERI EXTRACT; GETHYLLIS CILIARIS EXTRACT; HEMEZYGA OBERMEYERN EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM LANANDII EXTRACT; HYPERICUM REVOLUTUM EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA TRISTIS EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA WOODII EXTRACT; LEONOTIS LEONURUS EXTRACT; LOEBELIA ALATA EXTRACT; MALVA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; MENTHA AQUATICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACOKANTHERA OBLONGIFOLIA; AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMISIA AFRA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULOIDES; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS FRUITCOSA; BINDING AFFINITY; BOOPHANE DISTICHA; BRUNSVIGIA GRANDIFLORA; BULBINE FRUTESCENS; CINNAMOMUM CAMOHORA; CLAUSENA ANISATA; CONOSTOMIUM NATALENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON ORBICULATA; DATURA FEROX; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DICLIS REPTANS; DRUG SCREENING; GASTERIA CROUCHERI; GETHYLLIS CILIARIS; HEMEZYGA OBERMEYERN; HYPERICUM LANANDII; HYPERICUM REVOLUTUM; INDIGOFERA TRISTIS; INDIGOFERA WOODII; LEONOTIS LEONURUS; LOEBELIA ALATA; MALE; MALVA PARVIFLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA AQUATICA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 3242682554     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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