α-adrenoceptor

Glaucine has antitussive, antioxidative potential and antiviral activities, it may be an anti-arthritic agent, it can enhance LPS and zymosan-induced IL-10 production. Glaucine can inhibit the migration and invasion of human breast cancer cells by MMP-9 i

Dicentrine is an alkaloid-enriched fraction and the primary alkaloid of the leaves of Ocotea puberula (Lauraceae), a native Brazilian plant traditionally used by Indigenous populations for skin affections, and dicentrine further demonstrates pharmacological activity as an α1-adrenoceptor antagonist in human hyperplastic prostate tissue. Dicentrine has been evaluated using radioligand binding assays with [3H]prazosin and in vitro isometric tension experiments, confirming functional α1-adrenoceptor involvement and supporting therapeutic relevance in disorders associated with prostate hyperplasia.

Meranzin hydrate exhibits antidepressive and prokinetic-like effects through the regulation of the common mediator, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor , and α±-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors; it produces a rapid effect mediated by AMPA