| Literature DB >> 3990894 |
L G Abood, S Grassi, H D Noggle.
Abstract
A comparison of the binding of (-)- and (+)-[3H]nicotine to rat brain membranes revealed that only the (-)-enantiomer showed high affinity binding; while the (+)-enantiomer was at least 1/10 as effective as the (-)-enantiomer when in competition with (-)-[3H]nicotine as the ligand. Positive cooperativity, which is observed with (-)-[3H]nicotine in the presence of low concentrations of (+)-nicotine, may account for the seeming paradox.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3990894 DOI: 10.1007/bf00964572
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurochem Res ISSN: 0364-3190 Impact factor: 3.996