Potato (Solanum tuberosum) juice exerts an anticonvulsant effect in mice through binding to GABA receptors

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-496

  Muceniece, Ruta ^a   Saleniece, Kristine ^a   Krigere, Liga ^a   Rumaks, Juris ^a   Dzirkale, Zane ^a   Mezhapuke, Rudolfs ^c   Kviesis, Jorens ^a   Mekss, Peteris ^a   Klusa, Vija ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b   Dambrova, Maija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Bicuculline seizures; GABA receptors; Potato; Radioligand receptor binding; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum L.

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM EXTRACT; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FOREBRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTATO; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIAZEPAM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

MUS; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43249088563     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074495     Document Type: Article

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