Bioactivity | Avermectin B1a is an antiparasitic agent that paralyzes nematodes without causing hypercontraction or flaccid paralysis. | ||||||||||||
Invitro | [3H]AVM B1a preferentially binds to synaptic membranes from several regions of rat brain. [3H]AVM B1a specific binding to intact monolayers of granule cells increases rapidly with time of incubation and reaches equilibrium after approximately 20 min at 24°C. Higher concentrations of [3H]AVM B1a leads to markedly greater nonspecific binding, 60% at 25 nM. Various AVM analogs also produce concentration-dependent inhibition of [3H]AVM B1a binding in intact cerebellar neurons. AVM B1a and moxidectin are similar in potency (IC50 values, 120 and 126 nM, respectively)[3]. AVMB1a-stimulated chloride efflux from mouse brain synaptic vesicles results from the activation of GABA-insensitive chloride channels and that this action is distinct from their previously documented effects on GABA-gated chloride channels in mouse brain preparations[4]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Avermectin B1a | ||||||||||||
CAS | 65195-55-3 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C48H72O14 | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 873.08 | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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