A Novel Opioid Receptor Site Directed Alkylating Agent with Irreversible Narcotic Antagonistic and Reversible Agonistic Activities

Philip S. Portoghese, Dennis L. Larson, Lawrence M. Sayre, David S. Fries, A. E. Takemori

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Abstract

Sir: In 1965 the concept of multiple opioid receptors and multiple modes of interaction with a single receptor was proposed based on a detailed analysis of a broad spectrum of structure-activity relationships among analgetic ligands. The major lines of evidence for this concept were (1) the divergent stereochemical requirements for analgetic activity and (2) the different rank-order potencies among congeners, in two or more series, whose N substituent is modified in an identical manner.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)233-234
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of medicinal chemistry
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 1980

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