Menthol - pharmacology of an important naturally medicinal "cool"

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-131

  Farco, Joseph A ^a   Grundmann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CMR1; Mentha x piperita; Menthol; Nicotine; TRPA1; TRPM8

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; COOLING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SMOKING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 84875007941     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955713804484686     Document Type: Article

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