Lessons on Caffeine, Cannabis & Co

Lessons on Caffeine, Cannabis & Co

Plant-derived Drugs and their Interaction with Human Receptors

Boettger, Angelika; Bolle, Cordelia; Vothknecht, Ute; Wolf, Alexander

Springer International Publishing AG

01/2019

217

Mole

Inglês

9783319995458

15 a 20 dias

489

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Introduction: Plant secondary metabolites and their general function in plants.- Historical and current perspective.- Medicinal use.- Recreational use.- General overview over biosynthesis pathways of plant secondary metabolites.- Drugs affecting GPCR: GPCRs in plants and animals.- Dopamine and 5-HT2A-serotonin receptors - Cocaine, mescaline, psilobin.- Opiate receptors - morphine, salvinorin A.- Cannabinoid receptors - THC.- Muscarinergic acetylcholin receptor - muscarin, atropine.- Adenosine receptor - caffeine.- Drugs affecting ion channels: Ligand and voltage activated channels.- Nicotinic acetylcholin receptor - Nicotine, Curare.- GABAA/C-receptor - Muscimol, thujone.- ionotropic Glycine receptor - Strychnine.- ionotropic Glutamate receptor - ibogtenic acid, kainic acid.- TRP channels - capsaicin, menthol, aconitine, resiniferatoxin.- Anti-cancer drugs acting on the cell cycle: Cell cycle in animals and plants.- Microtubuli - Colchicine, taxol, vinblastine, Podophyllotoxin (Lignan).- Topoisomerase - camptothecin, etoposide.- G2/M phase arrest, apoptosis - curcubitacin, triptolide.
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Plant secondary metabolites;taxol, seven trans-membrane receptors;ion channels;cell cycle inhibitors;GPCRs;nicotine;caffeine;cannabis;cancer;anti cancer drugs;naturally occuring drugs;cannabinoids;cannabinoid receptor;cannabis mode of action;opioid receptor