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GABA transaminase inhibitor

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A GABA transaminase inhibitor is an enzyme inhibitor that acts upon GABA transaminase.

Examples include vigabatrin[1], Phenylethylidenehydrazine and ethanolamine-O-sulfate (EOS).

Certain members of this class are used as anticonvulsants.

There is some evidence that Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) inhibits GABA transaminase.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wang QP, Jammoul F, Duboc A; et al. (2008). "Treatment of epilepsy: the GABA-transaminase inhibitor, vigabatrin, induces neuronal plasticity in the mouse retina". Eur. J. Neurosci. 27 (8): 2177–87. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06175.x. PMC 2933832. PMID 18412635. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nrc/cjpp/2007/00000085/00000009/art00015