Opioid-like antinociceptive effects of oral administration of a lectin purified from the seeds of Canavalia brasiliensis

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-209

  De Freitas Pires, Alana ^a   Assreuy, Ana Maria Sampaio ^a   Lopes, Érika Augusta Batista ^a   Celedônio, Natália Rocha ^a   Soares, Carlos Eduardo Alves ^a   Rodrigues, Natália Velloso Fontenelle Camelo ^a   Sousa, Paloma Leão ^a   Benevides, Raquel Guimarães ^b   Nagano, Celso Shiniti ^b   Cavada, Benildo Sousa ^b   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^a   Coelho de Souza, Andrelina Noronha ^a   Santos, Cláudia Ferreira ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Canavalia brasiliensis; Opioid system; Plant lectin

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; CANAVALIA BRASILIENSIS EXTRACT; CYPRODIME; LECTIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICKING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITHING TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CANAVALIA; MICE; MORPHINANS; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLANT LECTINS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SEEDS;

EID: 84874372290     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2011.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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