The blood-brain barrier permeability of geissoschizine methyl ether in Uncaria hook, a galenical constituent of the traditional Japanese medicine yokukansan

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 787-793

  Imamura, Sachiko ^a   Tabuchi, Masahiro ^a   Kushida, Hirotaka ^a   Nishi, Akinori ^a   Kanno, Hitomi ^a   Yamaguchi, Takuji ^a   Sekiguchi, Kyoji ^a   Ikarashi, Yasushi ^a   Kase, Yoshio ^a  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Geissoschizine methyl ether; Uncaria hook; Yokukansan

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CORYNOXEINE; GEISSOSCHIZINE METHYL ETHER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIRSUTEINE; HIRSUTINE; ISOCORYNOXEINE; ISORHYNCHOPHYLLINE; RHYNCHOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOKUKANSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG PENETRATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INDOLES; JAPAN; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; RATS; UNCARIA;

RATTUS; UNCARIA;

EID: 79959618433     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9676-3     Document Type: Article

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