The Tramadol Metabolite O-Desmethyl Tramadol Inhibits Substance P–Receptor Functions Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes

Tramadol has been widely used as analgesic. O-Desmethyl tramadol (ODT) is one of the main metabolites of tramadol, having much greater analgesic potency than tramadol itself. Substance P receptors (SPR) are well known to modulate nociceptive transmission within the spinal cord. In this study, we inv...

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Main Authors: Kouichiro Minami, Toru Yokoyama, Junichi Ogata, Yasuhito Uezono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319307728