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Dwight A Williams1, Saheem A Zaidi2, Yan Zhang2
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 North 12th Street, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298-0613, United States.
Abstract:
Chromones are a class of natural products found in almost every known terrestrial plant with over 4000 naturally occurring derivatives having been isolated and structurally elucidated. Recently, 5-hydroxy-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone (5-HPEC), isolated from Imperata cylindrical, showed neuroprotective activity against glutamate induced excitotoxicity in primary cultures of rat cortical cells. In comparison to other naturally occurring neuroprotective chromones, 5-HPEC contains fewer hydroxyl groups. Here we report our most recent characterization on this interesting natural product against a number of CNS receptors for the purpose to identify the potential molecular targets that may be related to its biological activity. Based on our studies, including radiobinding assays, calcium flux functional assays and molecular modeling studies, 5-HPEC may represent a type of novel nonnitrogenous ligands to the 5-HT2B receptor.
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