Experiment 1039823

Compounds isolated

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationROUOT,B: QUENNEDEY,MC: SCHWARTZ,J:. (1982). CHARACTERISTICS OF THE (3H)-YOHIMBINE BINDING ON RAT BRAIN ALPHA-2-ADRENOCEPTORS.. 321()
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Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE LABELLING OF RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX ALPHA-2-ADRENOCEPTORS WITH TRITIATED YOHIMBINE WAS INVESTIGATED. AT 25 C,BINDING EQUILIBRIUM WAS REACHED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND DISSOCIATION OCCURRED WITH A HALF TIME OF ABOUT 1 MINUTE. SATURATION EXPERIMENTS GAVE AN EQUILIBRIUM F-D VALUE OF 10.13 NMOL AND A MAXIMUM NO. OF SITES OF 254 FMOL/MG PROTEIN. THE TRITIATED YOHIMBINE BINDING SITES EXHIBITED ALPHA-2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY, THE ORDER OF POTENCY FOR THE ANTAGONISTS WAS RAUWOLSCINE GREATER THAN YOHIMBINE GREATER THAN PRAZOSIN GREATER THAN CORYNANTHINE.
Dose amount0.1 MILLIMOLS
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Dose expressionCONC USED
GenderMALE