Effects of traditionally used anxiolytic botanicals on enzymes of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 933-942

  Awad, R ^a   Levac, D ^a   Cybulska, P ^a   Merali, Z ^a   Trudeau, V L ^a,b   Arnason, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Anxiety; Botanicals; GABA transaminase; GABA T; GAD; Glutamate decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BRAIN ENZYME; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA EXTRACT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMULUS LUPULUS EXTRACT; HYPERRICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MATRICARIA RECUTTIA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ESCHSCHOLTZIA; HUMULUS LUPULUS; HYPERRICUM PERFORATUM; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATRICARIA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; PIPER METHYSTICUM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCUTELLARIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 36549072427     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y07-083     Document Type: Article

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