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Kavalactone
Kavalactones are a class of lactone compounds found in kava roots and Alpinia zerumbet (Shell ginger). Kavalactones are under research for potential to have various psychotropic effects, including anxiolytic and sedative/ hypnotic activities. Enzyme inhibition Kava extract has been shown in vitro to potentially inhibit a wide range of hepatic enzymes, suggesting a possible potential for interactions with many pharmaceuticals and herbal medications. In human volunteers in vivo inhibition is currently limited to CYP1A2, and CYP2E1 through use of probe drugs to measure inhibition. Research Several preliminary studies are assessing potential effects of kava, including its anxiolytic actions and hepatotoxicity, but the role specifically of kavalactones among many other kava compounds for these effects remains under study. Kavalactone type compounds may help protect against high glucose induced cell damage. Toxicity Several kavalactones (e.g. methysticin and yangonin) affect a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kava
Kava or kava kava ('' Piper methysticum'': Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Greek 'intoxicating') is a crop of the Pacific Islands. The name ''kava'' is from Tongan and Marquesan, meaning 'bitter'; other names for kava include ''ʻawa'' ( Hawaiʻi), ''ʻava'' (Samoa), ''yaqona'' or ''yagona'' (Fiji), ''sakau'' ( Pohnpei), ''seka'' ( Kosrae), and ''malok'' or ''malogu'' (parts of Vanuatu). Kava is consumed for its sedating effects throughout the Pacific Ocean cultures of Polynesia, including Hawaii and Vanuatu, Melanesia, some parts of Micronesia, such as Pohnpei and Kosrae, and the Philippines. The root of the plant is used to produce a drink with sedative, anesthetic, and euphoriant properties. Its active ingredients are called kavalactones. A systematic review done by the British nonprofit Cochrane concluded it was likely to be more effective than placebo at treating short-term anxiety. Moderate consumption of kava in its traditional form, i.e., as a water-based suspens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavain
Kavain is the main kavalactone found mostly in the roots of the kava plant. Pharmacology Kavain has anticonvulsive properties, attenuating vascular smooth muscle contraction through interactions with voltage-dependent and channels. How this effect is mediated and to what extent this mechanism is involved in the anxiolytic and analgesic effects of kavalactones on the central nervous system is unknown. The recent finding that kavain can reversibly inhibit both monoamine oxidase A and monoamine oxidase B suggests that kavain may exert some of its effects by modulating serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine signaling. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the psychotropic, sedative, and anxiolytic actions of kavain and related kavalactones are still debated. Direct binding to the benzodiazepine/flumazenil binding site In biochemistry and molecular biology, a binding site is a region on a macromolecule such as a protein that binds to another molecule with speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmethoxyyangonin
Desmethoxyyangonin or 5,6-dehydrokavain is one of the six main kavalactones found in the ''Piper methysticum'' (kava) plant. Pharmacology Desmethoxyyangonin is a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B). Kava is able to increase dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens and desmethoxyyangonin likely contributes to this effect. This, along with several other catecholamines, may be responsible for the purported attention-promoting effects of kava. Unlike the other major kavalactones, desmethoxyyangonin does not appear to act as a GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator. Desmethoxyyangonin has marked activity on the induction of CYP3A23. See also *Kavain Kavain is the main kavalactone found mostly in the roots of the kava plant. Pharmacology Kavain has anticonvulsive properties, attenuating vascular smooth muscle contraction through interactions with voltage-dependent and channels. How this ... References {{Dopaminergics Monoamine oxidase inhibitors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangonin
Yangonin is one of the six major kavalactones found in the kava plant. It has been shown to possess binding affinity for the cannabinoid receptor CB1 (Ki = 0.72 μM), and selectivity vs. the CB2 receptor (Ki >10 μM) where it behaves as an agonist. The CB1 receptor affinity of yangonin suggests that the endocannabinoid system might contribute to the complex human psychopharmacology of the traditional kava drink and the anxiolytic preparations obtained from the kava plant. Like other kavalactones, yangonin has been found to potentiate GABAA receptors. This may contribute to the anxiolytic properties of yangonin and kava as a whole. Further ''in vitro'' studies have also demonstrated yangonin to be an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, with a moderate preference for isozyme B, which could open the door to a wide range of interactions. Toxicity Yangonin displays marked ''in vitro'' toxicity on human hepatocytes with approximately 40% reduction in viability based on an ethidium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methysticin
Methysticin is one of the six major kavalactones found in the kava plant. Research suggests that methysticin and the related compound dihydromethysticin have CYP1A1 inducing effects which may be responsible for their toxicity. Additionally, methysticin has been shown to potentiate GABAA receptor activity, contributing to the overall anxiolytic An anxiolytic (; also antipanic or antianxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety. This effect is in contrast to anxiogenic agents which increase anxiety. Anxiolytic medications are used for the treatment of anxiet ... profile of the kava plant. Toxicity Methysticin induces the function of the hepatic enzyme CYP1A1. This enzyme is involved in the toxification of benzo 'a''yrene into (+)-benzo 'a''yrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide, a highly carcinogenic substance. Another related compound is dihydromethysticin, which also induces the function of CYP1A1. No report so far has described enhancement of CYP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangonin
Yangonin is one of the six major kavalactones found in the kava plant. It has been shown to possess binding affinity for the cannabinoid receptor CB1 (Ki = 0.72 μM), and selectivity vs. the CB2 receptor (Ki >10 μM) where it behaves as an agonist. The CB1 receptor affinity of yangonin suggests that the endocannabinoid system might contribute to the complex human psychopharmacology of the traditional kava drink and the anxiolytic preparations obtained from the kava plant. Like other kavalactones, yangonin has been found to potentiate GABAA receptors. This may contribute to the anxiolytic properties of yangonin and kava as a whole. Further ''in vitro'' studies have also demonstrated yangonin to be an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, with a moderate preference for isozyme B, which could open the door to a wide range of interactions. Toxicity Yangonin displays marked ''in vitro'' toxicity on human hepatocytes with approximately 40% reduction in viability based on an ethidium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7,8-dihydrokavain
Dihydrokavain is one of the six major kavalactones found in the kava plant. It appears to contribute significantly to the anxiolytic effects of kava, based on a study in chicks. Dihydrokavain bears some structural similarity to the strobilurins and has some fungicidal Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. A fungistatic inhibits their growth. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in critical losses of yield, quality ... activity. References Kavalactones Anxiolytics GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators Monoamine oxidase inhibitors {{anxiolytic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10-methoxyyangonin
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