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    • Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Zapata-Torres, Gerald; Rezende, Marcos Caroli; Cassels Niven, Bruce (2004)
      The conformational preferences of a series of 1-benzyl-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroisoquinolines (norlaudanosine and coclaurine analogues) were investigated with the aid of their 1H NMR spectra and NOESY experiments, coupled with ...
    • Lühr, Susan; Vilches Herrera, Marcelo; Fierro, Angélica; Ramsay, Rona R.; Edmondson, Dale E.; Reyes Parada, Miguel; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio (2010)
      2-Arylthiomorpholine and 2-arylthiomorpholin-5-one derivatives, designed as rigid and/or non-basic phenylethylamine analogues, were evaluated as rat and human monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Molecular docking provided insight ...
    • Sotomayor Zárate, Ramón; Quiroz, Gabriel; Araya, Katherine A.; Abarca, Jorge; Ibáñez, María R.; Montecinos, Alejandro; Guajardo, Carlos; Núñez, Gabriel; Fierro, Angélica; Moya, Pablo R.; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Gómez-Molina, Cristóbal; Gysling, Katia; Reyes Parada, Miguel (2012)
      4-Methylthioamphetamine (MTA) is a phenylisopropylamine derivative whose use has been associated with severe intoxications. MTA is usually regarded as a selective serotonin-releasing agent. Nevertheless, previous data have ...
    • Reyes Parada, Miguel; Iturriaga Vásquez, Patricio; Cassels Niven, Bruce (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Amphetamine and its derivatives exhibit a wide range of pharmacological activities, including psychostimulant, hallucinogenic, entactogenic, anorectic, or antidepressant effects. The mechanisms of action underlying these ...
    • Mella Raipán, Jaime A.; Lagos, Carlos F.; Recabarren Gajardo, Gonzalo Iván; Espinosa Bustos, Christian; Romero Parra, Javier; Pessoa Mahana, Hernán; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Pessoa Mahana, Carlos David (2013)
      A series of novel 2-pyridylbenzimidazole derivatives was rationally designed and synthesized based on our previous studies on benzimidazole 14, a CB1 agonist used as a template for optimization. In the present series, 21 ...
    • Espinosa Bustos, Christian; Lagos, Carlos F.; Romero Parra, Javier; Zárate, Ana M.; Mella Raipán, Jaime A.; Pessoa Mahana, Hernán; Recabarren Gajardo, Gonzalo Iván; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Tapia, Ricardo A.; Pessoa Mahana, Carlos David (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015)
      © 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. A series of N-acyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl-1H-benzimidazoles were designed based on a CoMFA model for cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) ligands. Compounds were synthesized and radioligand ...
    • Paris Pizarro, Irmgard; Pérez Pastene, Carolina; Cárdenas, Sergio; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Muñoz, Patricia; Couve, Eduardo; Caviedes, Pablo; Segura Aguilar, Juan (Springer New York LLC, 2010)
    • Quiroz, Gabriel; Guerra-Díaz, Nicolás; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Rivera Meza, Mario; Quintanilla González, María Elena; Sotomayor Zárate, Ramón (Elsevier, 2018-09)
      Alcohol abuse is a worldwide health problem with high economic costs to health systems. Emerging evidence suggests that modulation of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) may be a therapeutic target for alcohol ...
    • Meza, Rodrigo C.; Ortiz, Fernando C.; Bravo, Eduardo; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Eugenín, Jaime L.; Varas, Rodrigo (2012)
      The carotid bodies (CBs) are chemosensory organs that respond to hypoxemia with transmitter neurosecretion, leading to a respiratory reflex response. It has been proposed that acetylcholine is a key regulator of transmitter ...
    • Hurtado Guzmán, Claudio; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Cassels Niven, Bruce (Sociedad Chilena de Quimica, 2004)
      Condensation of 4-methylthiobenzaldehyde with 1-nitropropane unexpectedly afforded separable amounts of both (E)- and (Z)-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2- nitrobutene. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra allowed the unequivocal assignment ...
    • Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Carbone, Annalisa; García Beltrán, Olimpo; Livingstone, Phil D.; Biggin, Philip C.; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Wonnacott, Susan; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Bermudez, Isabel (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy, 2010)
      The Erythrina alkaloids erysodine and dihydro-β-erythroidine (DHβE) are potent and selective competitive inhibitors of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), but little is known about the molecular determinants ...
    • Reyes Parada, Miguel; Fierro, A.; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Cassels Niven, Bruce (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2004-11-25)
      The recent description of the crystal structures of rat MAO-A and human MAO-B provides an unprecedented framework to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the selective interactions between these proteins and their ligands. ...
    • Hurtado Guzmán, Claudio; Fierro, Angélica; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Sepúlveda Boza, Silvia; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Reyes Parada, Miguel (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2003-03-10)
      (6)-4-Methylthioamphetamine (MTA) was resolved into its enantiomers, and a series of N-alkyl derivatives of the parent compound, as well as its a-ethyl analogue, were prepared. The monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitory properties ...
    • Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Ivorra, M. Dolores; D’Ocon, M. Pilar (Sociedad Chilena de Química, 2006)
      Benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline (BTHIQ) molecules are able to adopt widely differing conformations that depend on the presence or absence of N-substituents. To assess the possible role of BTHIQ conformation on the affinity ...
    • Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Ivorra, M. Dolores; D’Ocon, M. Pilar (Sociedad Chilena de Química, 2006-09)
      Benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline (BTHIQ) molecules are able to adopt widely differing conformations that depend on the presence or absence of N-substituents. To assess the possible role of BTHIQ conformation on the affinity ...
    • Viscarra, Franco; González Gutiérrez, Juan; Esparza, Erica; Figueroa, Carla; Paillali, Pablo; Hödar Salazar, Martín; Céspedes, Camilo; Quiroz, Gabriel; Sotomayor Zárate, Ramón; Reyes Parada, Miguel; Bermúdez, Isabel; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio (MDPI, 2020)
      Zebrafish is becoming a popular animal model in neuropharmacology and drug discovery, mainly due to its ease of handling and low costs involved in maintenance and experimental work. This animal displays a series of complex ...
    • García Beltrán, Olimpo; Soto Delgado, Jorge; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Areche, Carlos; Cassels Niven, Bruce (Sociedad Chilena de Quimica, 2012)
      The diene Erythrina alkaloids erysotrine (1), erysodine (2), erythraline (3), erytharbine (4), and erysotrine N-oxide (5), plus the hydroxylated dihydro derivative of 1, epierythratidine (6) were isolated from seeds of ...
    • Méndez-Rojas, Claudio; Quiroz, Gabriel; Faúndez, Mario; Gallardo Garrido, Carlos Andrés; Pessoa Mahana, Carlos David; Chung, Hery; Gallardo Toledo, Eduardo; Saitz Barría, Claudio; Araya Maturana, Ramiro; Kogan Bocian, Marcelo; Zúñiga López, María C.; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2018)
      © 2018 Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft With the purpose of expanding the structural variety of chemical compounds available as pharmacological tools for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, we synthesized and evaluated ...
    • Ojeda Gómez, Claudia; Pessoa Mahana, Hernán; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Pessoa Mahana, Carlos David; Recabarren Gajardo, Gonzalo Iván; Méndez Rojas, Claudio (Wiley, 2014)
      A series of functionalized indolylalkylarenes 3–16(a and b) were synthesized and their affinities for the serotonin transporter were investigated in vitro. Compounds 3–12(a and b) were obtained by nucleophilic substitution ...
    • Pessoa Mahana, Hernán; Silva Matus, Paul Eduardo; Pessoa Mahana, Carlos David; Chung, Hery; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Quiroz, Gabriel; Möller-Acuña, Patricia; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Saitz Barría, Claudio; Araya Maturana, Ramiro; Reyes Parada, Miguel (Wiley, 2017)
      A series of novel 3-indolylpropyl derivatives was synthesized and evaluated for their binding affinities at the serotonin-1A receptor subtype (5-HT1AR) and the 5-HT transporter (SERT). Compounds 11b and 14b exhibited the ...