Pinoline (6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline) is a naturally occurring compound in the mammalian body which inhibits 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) uptake and exerts antidepressant-like behavioural effects in rats. The present study investigates the effects of pinoline on [3H]citalopram binding to the 5-HT transporter on rat
Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 22(5), 556-562 (2007-11-27)
In order to predict the antioxidant activity of 22 pinoline derivatives (1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carbolines), two dimensional quantitative-structure activity relationships (2D-QSAR) analysis of 19 hexahydropiridoindoles and 12 flavonoids was realized. Five statistically significant models were obtained from randomly constituted training sets (21 compounds)
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 65(4), 737-742 (2000-04-15)
Present experiments were designed to compare the effects of antidepressants desipramine (10 and 20 mg/kg IP) and fluoxetine (5 and 10 mg/kg IP) with anxiogenic beta-carboline DMCM (0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg IP) in the elevated zero-maze test in rats. The
Journal of pineal research, 27(2), 122-128 (1999-09-25)
Oxidative damage to retinal cell membranes can lead to sight-threatening ocular diseases. Pineal indoleamines are naturally located and synthesized in the retina, and they possibly protect the retina from oxidative cell damage. In this study, we compared the efficacy of
Recently, a high affinity [3H]imipramine-binding site of protein nature that appeared to be related to the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) uptake mechanism was demonstrated. This binding site was only part of desipramine-displaceable [3H]imipramine binding, which contained a significant amount of additional
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