Home
Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Biology Editor Penelope Webb, PhD
In-house Editor Andrea Bucceri
Welcome to BMC Pharmacology published by BioMed Central
BMC Pharmacology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in aspects of the discovery, design, uses, effects, modes of action and metabolism of chemically defined therapeutic and toxic agents.
BMC Pharmacology (ISSN 1471-2210) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :15
In vivo assessment of methoxylated versus hydroxylated stilbenes in C. elegans reveals that methoxylation may increase bioactivity of these natural compounds, providing a basis for further investigation of their biological targets.
Latest supplements published in BMC Pharmacology
Volume 8 Suppl 1
Meeting abstracts
Innsbruck, Austria. 21 22 November 2008
Latest articles published in BMC Pharmacology [more info ]
Research article
Conformational changes in alpha 7 acetylcholine receptors underlying allosteric modulation by divalent cations
James T McLaughlin, Sean C Barron, Jennifer A See, Robert L Rosenberg BMC Pharmacology 2009, 9 :1 (13 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Flexible modulation of agonist efficacy at the human A3 adenosine receptor by the imidazoquinoline allosteric enhancer LUF6000 Zhan-Guo Gao, Kai Ye, Anik G bly s, Adriaan P IJzerman, Kenneth A Jacobson BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :20 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Substituted trans-stilbenes can inhibit or enhance the TPA-induced up-regulation of activator protein-1
Lorraine M Deck, Lucy A Hunsaker, Amanda M Gonzales, Robert A Orlando, David L Vander Jagt BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :19 (10 November 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Bioequivalence study of three ibuprofen formulations after single dose administration in healthy volunteers Peter Bramlage, Adrian Goldis BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :18 (29 October 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Alpha-2 adrenergic-induced changes in rectal temperature in adult and 13-day old rats following acute and repeated desipramine administration Jean D Deupree, William J Burke, David B Bylund BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :17 (2 October 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Pharmacokinetics and transcriptional effects of the anti-salmon lice drug emamectin benzoate in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) P l A Olsvik, Kai K Lie, Eva Mykkeltvedt, Ole B Samuelsen, Kjell Petersen, Anne-Kristin Stavrum, Bj rn T Lunestad BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :16 (11 September 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Methoxylation enhances stilbene bioactivity in Caenorhabditis elegans Mark A Wilson, Agnes M Rimando, Catherine A Wolkow BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :15 (13 August 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Ameliorative role of Atorvastatin and Pitavastatin in L-Methionine induced vascular dementia in rats Rajeshkumar U Koladiya, Amteshwar S Jaggi, Nirmal Singh, Bhupesh K Sharma BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :14 (9 August 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
A classification model to predict synergism/antagonism of cytotoxic mixtures using protein-drug docking scores John C Boik, Robert A Newman BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :13 (29 July 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Structure-activity models of oral clearance, cytotoxicity, and LD50: a screen for promising anticancer compounds John C Boik, Robert A Newman BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :12 (13 June 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
Latest relevant articles from other journals in BioMed Central
Research article
Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital Carlos Centeno, Maria Angustias Portela, Antonio Noguera, Antonio Idoate, Alvaro Sanz Rubiales BMC Palliative Care 2009, 8 :2 (16 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Anti-adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma effects of indole-3-carbinol Yoshiaki Machijima, Chie Ishikawa, Shigeki Sawada, Taeko Okudaira, Jun-nosuke Uchihara, Yuetsu Tanaka, Naoya Taira, Naoki Mori Retrovirology 2009, 6 :7 (16 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Assessing drug distribution in tissues expressing P-glycoprotein through physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling: model structure and parameters determination Frederique Fenneteau, Jacques Turgeon, Lucie Couture, Veronique Michaud, Jun Li, Fahima Nekka Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2009, 6 :2 (15 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Differential protection against oxidative stress and nitric oxide overproduction in cardiovascular and pulmonary systems by propofol during endotoxemia Yen-Chin Liu, Alice YW Chang, Yu-Chuan Tsai, Julie YH Chan Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :8 (15 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Oxaliplatin neurotoxicity - no general ion channel surface-charge effect Amir Broomand, Elin Jerremalm, Jeffrey Yachnin, Hans Ehrsson, Fredrik Elinder Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009, 8 :2 (12 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Glycine receptor in rat hippocampal and spinal cord neurons as a molecular target for rapid actions of 17-b-estradiol Peng Jiang, Yan Kong, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Wei Wang, Chun-Feng Liu, Tian-Le Xu Molecular Pain 2009, 5 :2 (12 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
In-vivo optical detection of cancer using chlorin e6 - polyvinylpyrrolidone induced fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy William WL Chin, Patricia SP Thong, Ramaswamy Bhuvaneswari, Khee Chee Soo, Paul WS Heng, Malini Olivo BMC Medical Imaging 2009, 9 :1 (8 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case Report
Intraoperative anaphylaxis due to gelofusine in a patient undergoing intramedullary nailing of the femur: a case report Ioannis Polyzois, Andrina Lampard, Paras Mohanlal, Evgenios Tsiridis, Nikolaos Manidakis, Eleftherios Tsiridis Cases Journal 2009, 2 :12 (6 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Pattern of drug utilization for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in urban Ghana following national treatment policy change to artemisinin-combination therapy Alexander NO Dodoo, Carole Fogg, Alex Asiimwe, Edmund T Nartey, Augustina Kodua, Ofori Tenkorang, David Ofori-Adjei Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :2 (5 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case Report
Sickle cell trait and priapism: a case report and review of the literature Brian F Birnbaum, Joseph J Pinzone Cases Journal 2008, 1 :429 (30 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]