Membrane Interactions of Phytochemicals as Their Molecular Mechanism Applicable to the Discovery of Drug Leads from Plants

In addition to interacting with functional proteins such as receptors, ion channels, and enzymes, a variety of drugs mechanistically act on membrane lipids to change the physicochemical properties of biomembranes as reported for anesthetic, adrenergic, cholinergic, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, a...

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Main Author: Hironori Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/10/18923