A computational study on conformational geometries, chemical reactivity and inhibitor property of an alkaloid bicuculline with γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by DFT

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 993, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-89

  Srivastava, Anubha ^a   Rawat, Poonam ^a   Tandon, Poonam ^a   Singh, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; DFT method; Fukui function; GABA receptor; HOMO LUMO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863861490     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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