Utilizing nature as a source of new probes for opioid pharmacology.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Traditional and current opioid pharmacology is fundamentally based on interactions between opioid receptors and compounds isolated from natural sources. Adverse effects associated with opioids have led to the search for compounds with diminished side effects. DISCUSSION:Recent discoveries of non-nitrogenous and structurally diverse alkaloids as novel opioid ligands have led to renewed interest in the development of novel chemotypes for opioid receptors. CONCLUSION:The strong history of natural products as opioid receptor ligands suggests that nature is one of the most promising for the identification of novel opioids. This review highlights the vast potential of investigating natural products as novel probes of opioid receptors.

journal_name

Future Med Chem

authors

Lovell KM,Simpson DS,Cunningham CW,Prisinzano TE

doi

10.4155/fmc.09.22

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-05-01 00:00:00

pages

285-301

issue

2

eissn

1756-8919

issn

1756-8927

journal_volume

1

pub_type

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