Vitexin as an active ingredient in passion flower with potential as an agent for nicotine cessation: vitexin antagonism of the expression of nicotine locomotor sensitization in rats
Context: Nicotine, a bioactive component of tobacco, is highly addictive. Numerous therapies have been developed for smoking cessation, and all have met with limited success. Our laboratory has previously shown that an extract of Passiflora incarnata Linn. (Passifloraceae) antagonized the expression...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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Series: | Pharmaceutical Biology |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2018.1561725 |