Medicinal plants in Suriname: screening of plant extracts for receptorbinding activity

JA Hasrat, JP De Backer, G Vauquelin, AJ Vlietinck - Phytomedicine, 1997 - Elsevier
Ligand-binding-studies on twelve different receptors were used for screening extracts from
plants from Suriname (South-America). The results on 5-HT1A, A1 and NMDA receptors …

Screening of medicinal plants from Suriname for 5-HT1A ligands: Bioactive isoquinoline alkaloids from the fruit of Annona muricata

JA Hasrat, L Pieters, JP De Backer, G Vauquelin… - Phytomedicine, 1997 - Elsevier
Plants from Suriname (South-America) and several Annona species, including A. muricata,
A. ckerimolia, A. montana and A. glabra were screened for 5-HT1A receptor binding activity …

Central nervous system receptor activities of some Malaysian plant species

LY Chung, SH Goh, Z Imiyabir - Pharmaceutical biology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In this investigation, 185 plant samples representing more than 30 plant families collected
from the Malaysian forests were assessed for their ability to inhibit specific radioligand …

5‐Hydroxytryptamine2A receptor binding activity of compounds from Litsea sessilis

LY Chung, MW Lo, MR Mustafa… - … Journal Devoted to …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A 96‐well microplate filtration based 5‐HT2A receptor‐radioligand binding assay was
optimized and adopted to carry out a bioassay‐guided fractionation of the methanol extract …

Biological screening of selected medicinal Panamanian plants by radioligand-binding techniques

C Caballero-George, PML Vanderheyden, PN Solis… - Phytomedicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Nineteen plants from the Republic of Panama were selected by their traditional uses in the
treatment of hypertension, cardiovascular, mental and feeding disorders and 149 extracts …

Binding studies for serotoninergic, dopaminergic and noradrenergic receptors of Valeriana adscendens Trel. extracts

C Nencini, F Cavallo, A Capasso, V De Feo… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Valeriana adscendens Trel.(Valerianaceae) is a psychoactive plant usually used in magical-
therapeutic rituals in traditional practices of the Northern Peruvian Andes. Previous studies …

Affinity of Iresine herbstii and Brugmansia arborea extracts on different cerebral receptors

C Nencini, F Cavallo, G Bruni, A Capasso… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Iresine herbstii Hook.(Amaranthaceae) and Brugmansia arborea (L.) Lagerheim
(Solanaceae) are used in the northern Peruvian Andes for magic-therapeutical purposes …

Involvement of 5-HT2 receptors in the antinociceptive effect of Uncaria tomentosa

S Jürgensen, S DalBó, P Angers, ARS Santos… - Pharmacology …, 2005 - Elsevier
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC (Rubiaceae) is a vine that grows in the Amazon rainforest. Its
bark decoctions are used by Peruvian Indians to treat several diseases. Chemically, it …

Isoquinoline Derivatives Isolated from the Fruit of Annona muricata as 5-HTergic 5-HT1A Receptor Agonists in Rats: Unexploited Antidepressive (Lead) Products

JA Hasrat, T De Bruyne, JP De Backer… - Journal of pharmacy …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The fruit and the leaves of Annona muricata (Annonaceae) are used in traditional medicine
for their tranquillizing and sedative properties. Extracts of the plant have been shown to …

Interaction of various Piper methysticum cultivars with CNS receptors in vitro

LD Dinh, U Simmen, KB Bueter, B Bueter… - Planta …, 2001 - thieme-connect.com
Methanolic leaf and root extracts of the Hawaiian kava (Piper methysticum Forst.) cultivars,
Mahakea, Nene, Purple Moi and PNG, were tested on binding affinities to CNS receptors …