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Antinociceptive and hypothermic effects of Salvinorin A are abolished in a novel strain of kappa-opioid receptor-1 knockout mice.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Aug 2006
Ansonoff Michael A, Zhang Jiwen, Czyzyk Traci, Rothman Richard B, Stewart Jeremy, Xu Heng, Zjwiony Jordan, Siebert Daniel J, Yang Feng, Roth Bryan L, Pintar John E
Abstract excerpt
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 of S. divinorum over 20 years ago, but only recently has biochemical screening indicated that a molecular target of salvinorin A in vitro is the kappa-opioid receptor. We have examined whether salvinorin A, the C2-substituted...
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