Limonene, a natural cyclic terpene, is an agonistic ligand for adenosine A2A receptors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 345-348

  Park, Hyo Min ^a   Lee, Ji Hae ^a   Yaoyao, Jia ^a   Jun, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, Sung Joon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenosine A2A receptors; CAMP; Limonene; Radioligand binding assay

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; LIMONENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOASSAY; SEDATION;

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYCLOHEXENES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; TERPENES;

CITRUS; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 78650861063     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.121     Document Type: Article

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