Background Banana is one of the most widely consumed fruits in the world. However,
information regarding its health effects is scarce. Biomarkers of banana intake would allow a …

Human monoamine transporters (MATs) are cation transporters critically involved in
neuronal signal transmission. While inhibitors of MATs have been intensively studied, their …

This paper is the twenty-third installment of the annual review of research concerning the
opiate system. It summarizes papers published during 2000 that studied the behavioral …

Cocoa has been reported to have medicinal properties. It contains a wide range of
phytochemicals, including polyphenols, which have been shown to exert anti-inflammatory …

Brazil is a country rich in biodiversity, endemism, and cultural diversity, inhabited by different
types of population. European expeditions and the migratory processes that began in the …

Ethanol excites dopamine (DA) neurons in the posterior ventral tegmental area (pVTA). This
effect is responsible for ethanol's motivational properties and may contribute to alcoholism …

This review examines evidence of plant-derived natural products and their constituents that
have been shown to slow down or reverse the underlying neuronal degeneration observed …

Stereoselectivity is well known and very pronounced in drug metabolism and receptor
binding. However, much less is known about stereoselectivity in drug membrane transport …

Chromatographic system for simultaneous determination of levodopa, biogenic amines, and
methylxanthines in food has been developed. Chromatographic column and pre-column …

Mexico's extraordinarily rich cultural and floristic diversity has fascinated explorers and
researchers ever since the “New World” was discovered for and by Europeans. For many …