Identification of the molecular mechanisms by which the diterpenoid salvinorin A binds to κ-opioid receptors

F Yan, PD Mosier, RB Westkaemper, J Stewart… - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Salvinorin A is a naturally occurring hallucinogenic diterpenoid from the plant Salvia
divinorum that selectively and potently activates κ-opioid receptors (KORs). Salvinorin A is …

[HTML][HTML] Differential helical orientations among related G protein-coupled receptors provide a novel mechanism for selectivity: Studies with salvinorin A and the κ …

TA Vortherms, PD Mosier, RB Westkaemper… - Journal of biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
Salvinorin A, the active component of the hallucinogenic sage Salvia divinorum, is an
apparently selective and highly potent κ-opioid receptor (KOR) agonist. Salvinorin A is …

Structure-based design, synthesis, and biochemical and pharmacological characterization of novel salvinorin A analogues as active state probes of the κ-opioid …

F Yan, RV Bikbulatov, V Mocanu, N Dicheva… - Biochemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
Salvinorin A, the most potent naturally occurring hallucinogen, has attracted an increasing
amount of attention since the κ-opioid receptor (KOR) was identified as its principal …

Salvinorin A, an active component of the hallucinogenic sage Salvia divinorum is a highly efficacious κ-opioid receptor agonist: structural and functional …

C Chavkin, S Sud, W Jin, J Stewart, JK Zjawiony… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2004 - ASPET
The diterpene salvinorin A from Salvia divinorum has recently been reported to be a high-
affinity and selective κ-opioid receptor agonist (Roth et al., 2002). Salvinorin A and selected …

Michael acceptor approach to the design of new salvinorin A-based high affinity ligands for the kappa-opioid receptor

PR Polepally, K Huben, E Vardy, V Setola… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The neoclerodane diterpenoid salvinorin A is a major secondary metabolite isolated from
the psychoactive plant Salvia divinorum. Salvinorin A has been shown to have high affinity …

A review of salvinorin analogs and their kappa-opioid receptor activity

JJ Roach, RA Shenvi - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2018 - Elsevier
The plant metabolite salvinorin A potently and selectively agonizes the human kappa-opioid
receptor, an emerging target for next-generation analgesics. Here we review analogs of the …

Synthesis and κ-opioid receptor activity of furan-substituted salvinorin A analogues

AP Riley, CE Groer, D Young, AW Ewald… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The neoclerodane diterpene salvinorin A, found in the leaves of Salvia divinorum, is a potent
κ-opioid receptor agonist, making it an attractive scaffold for development into a treatment for …

Antinociceptive and hypothermic effects of salvinorin A are abolished in a novel strain of κ-opioid receptor-1 knockout mice

MA Ansonoff, J Zhang, T Czyzyk, RB Rothman… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2006 - ASPET
Salvia divinorum is a natural occurring hallucinogen that is traditionally used by the Mazatec
Indians of central Mexico. The diterpene salvinorin A was identified as an active component …

The hallucinogen derived from Salvia divinorum, salvinorin A, has κ-opioid agonist discriminative stimulus effects in rats

CB Willmore-Fordham, DM Krall, CR McCurdy… - …, 2007 - Elsevier
Data from clinical and preclinical studies converge implicating the plant-derived
hallucinogen salvinorin A as an important pharmacologic tool; this psychoactive compound …

Salvinorin A: a novel and highly selective κ-opioid receptor agonist

F Yan, BL Roth - Life sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
κ-opioid receptors (KORs) represent the principal site of action of dynorphin and related
neuropeptides. Recently, Salvinorin A—a naturally occurring neoclerodane diterpene …