Modulation of GABAA-receptors by honokiol and derivatives: subtype selectivity and structure–activity relationship

B Taferner, W Schuehly, A Huefner…

Index: Schuehly, Wolfgang; Huefner, Antje; Pferschy-Wenzig, Eva M.; Prettner, Elke; Adams, Michael; Bodensieck, Antje; Kunert, Olaf; Oluwemimo, Asije; Haslinger, Ernst; Bauer, Rudolf Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 17, # 13 p. 4459 - 4465

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Abstract

A series of 31 analogues of the neolignan honokiol (a major constituent of Magnolia officinalis) was synthesized, and their effects on GABAA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes were investigated. Honokiol enhanced chloride currents (I GABA) through GABAA