(-)-α-Pinene is a monoterpene and shows sleep enhancing property through a direct binding to GABAA-benzodiazepine (BZD) receptors by acting as a partial modulator at the BZD binding site.
IC50&Target
Human Endogenous Metabolite
体外研究
(-)-α-pinene enhances the quantity of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) without affecting the intensity of NREMS by prolonging GABAergic synaptic transmission, acting as a partial modulator of GABAA-BZD receptors and directly binding to the BZD binding site of GABAA receptor.
分子式
C10H16
分子量
136.23
CAS号
7785-26-4
中文名称
左旋-α-蒎烯
运输条件
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.