Salvinorin A, an Active Component of the Hallucinogenic Sage Salvia divinorum Is a Highly Efficacious κ-Opioid Receptor Agonist: Structural and Functional Considerations

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  2004

• Venue

  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

• Publication date

  2004-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1124/JPET.103.059394PMID 14718611
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