Effects of -asarone on the glutamate transporter EAAC1 in xenopus oocytes

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-598

  Gu, Quanbao ^a   Du, Huiming ^a   Ma, Chunhui ^c   Fotis, Heike ^b   Wu, Bin ^c   Huang, Chenggang ^c   Schwarz, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture and Meridian   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Acoraceae; Acorus tatarinowii; Asarone; Glutamate; Neurotransmitter transporter; Voltage clamp; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ASARONE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; ASARONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; ELECTRODE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ACORACEAE; ACORUS TATARINOWII; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; ION CHANNEL GATING; OOCYTES; XENOPUS;

EID: 77951086692     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240613     Document Type: Article

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