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Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga racemosa) behaves as a mixed competitive ligand and partial agonist at the human mu opiate receptor

Black cohosh is a commonly used botanical dietary supplement for the treatment of climacteric complaints. Since the opiate system in the brain is intimately associated with mood, temperature and sex hormonal levels, we investigated the activity of black cohosh extracts at the human μ opiate receptor...

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Main Authors: Rhyu, Mee-Ra, Lu, Jian, Webster, Donna E., Fabricant, Daniel S., Farnsworth, Norman R., Wang, Z. Jim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2547488/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17177511
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf062808u
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