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Inhibition of [methyl-3H]diazepam binding to rat brain membranes in vitro by dinatin and skrofulein

Shen, X L ; Nielsen, M ; Witt, M R ; Sterner, Olov LU ; Bergendorff, Ola LU and Khayyal, M (1994) In Zhongguo Yaoli Xuebao (China) 15(5). p.385-388
Abstract
Two flavones, 4',5,7-trihydroxy-6-methoxy flavone (dinatin) and 4',5-dihydroxy-6, 7-dimethoxy flavone (skrofulein), were extracted from Artemisia herba alba L. Dinatin and skrofulein inhibited the binding of [methyl-3H]diazepam to rat brain membranes in vitro with IC50 of 1.3 and 23 mumol.L-1, respectively. The GABA-ratios (the ratio of IC50 values in the absence/presence of GABA in the binding assay) were 1.1 and 1.2 for dinatin and skrofulein, respectively. Both flavones induced a slight increase in [35S] TBPS binding. The data suggest that the flavones are antagonists or partial agonists of benzodiazepine receptors.
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  author       = {{Shen, X L and Nielsen, M and Witt, M R and Sterner, Olov and Bergendorff, Ola and Khayyal, M}},
  issn         = {{0253-9756}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{385--388}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Zhongguo Yaoli Xuebao (China)}},
  title        = {{Inhibition of [methyl-3H]diazepam binding to rat brain membranes in vitro by dinatin and skrofulein}},
  volume       = {{15}},
  year         = {{1994}},
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