A neolignan from Connarus tuberosus as an allosteric GABAA receptor modulator at the neurosteroid binding site

In a screening of a small library of extracts from plants of the Amazonian and Cerrado biomes, a hexane extract of Connarus tuberosus roots was found to significantly potentiate the GABA induced fluorescence in a fluorescence (FLIPR) assay in CHO cells stably expressing the α1β2γ2 subtype of human G...

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Main Authors: Teresa Faleschini, Nova Syafni, Heidi Luise Schulte, Aleksandra Garifulina, Steffen Hering, Laila Salmen Espindola, Matthias Hamburger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222300286X