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BU-48
Introduction
Overview
Overview
BU-48 is a drug which is used in scientific research. It is from the oripavine family, related to better known drugs such as etorphine and buprenorphine.
Unlike most drugs from this family, BU-48 has only weak analgesic effects and acts primarily as a δ-opioid agonist. Its main effects are to produce convulsions,[1] but it may also have antidepressant effects.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Broom DC, Guo L, Coop A, Husbands S, Lewis JW, Woods JH, Traynor JR. BU48: A novel buprenorphine analogue that exhibits delta-opioid mediated convulsions but not delta-opioid mediated antinociception in mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2000 Sep; 294(3): 1195–1200. PMID 10945877
- ↑ Broom DC, Jutkiewicz EM, Rice KC, Traynor JR, Woods JH. Behavioral effects of delta-opioid receptor agonists: potential antidepressants? Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 2002 Sep;90(1):1-6. PMID 12396021
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