Modulation of GABAA receptors by valerian extracts is related to the content of valerenic acid

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Trauner, Gabriele ^a   Khom, Sophia ^a   Baburin, Igor ^a   Benedek, Birgit ^a   Hering, Steffen ^a   Kopp, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

GABAA modulation; Valerenic acid; Valeriana officinalis; Valerianaceae

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERENIC ACID; VALERIAN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; INDENE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT;

VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VALERIANACEAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; INDENES; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SESQUITERPENES; VALERIAN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 39149114366     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993761     Document Type: Article

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