Stimulatory effect of stevioside on peripheral mu opioid receptors in animals

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-75

  Yang, Po Sheng ^a   Lee, Jie Jen ^a   Tsao, Chiung Wen ^b   Wu, Hung Tsung ^c   Cheng, Juei Tang ^c,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucose utilization; Mu opioid receptors; Stevioside

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONAZINE; STEVIOSIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DITERPENES, KAURANE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 62349102417     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.055     Document Type: Article

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