A review on medicinal importance,pharmacological activity and bioanalytical aspects of beta-carboline alkaloid "Harmine"
A review on medicinal importance,pharmacological activity and bioanalytical aspects of beta-carboline alkaloid "Harmine"作者机构:G.L.A Institute of Pharmaceutical Research S.K.I.P.S Department of PharmaceuticsInstitute of TechnologyBanaras Hindu University
出 版 物:《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第2卷第8期
页 面:660-664页
学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程(可授工学、理学、医学学位)] 1008[医学-中药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学]
主 题:Harmine Alkaloid Pharmacological activity Analytical technique Peganum harmala
摘 要:Harmine,a beta-carboline alkaloid,is widely distributed in the plants,marine creatures,insects, mammalians as well as in human tissues and body *** was originally isolated from seeds of Peganum harmal in 1847 having a core indole structure and a pyridine *** has various types of pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial,antifungal,antitumor,cytotoxic, antiplasmodial,antioxidaant,antimutagenic,antigenotoxic and hallucinogenic *** acts on gamma-aminobutyric acid type A and monoamine oxidase A or B receptor,enhances insulin sensitivity and also produces vasorelaxant *** prevents bone loss by suppressing *** current review gives an overview on pharmacological activity and analytical techniques of harmine,which may be useful for researcheres to explore the hidden potential of harmine and and will also help in developing new drugs for the treatment of various diseases.