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“In the previous studies, we demonstrated that quercetin inhibits both glycine and 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3, (5-HT3A) receptor channel activities expressed in Xenopus oocytes.”
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin • 2008 | View Paper
“ Quercetin and 12 other natural flavonoid aglycones inhibit washed human platelet aggregation and secretion of serotonin induced by ADP, collagen or thrombin.”
“Results showed that serotonin and quercetin bind in the same region of the active site with a similar binding energy but quercetin has a much bigger inhibition constant.”
“Therefore, it seems possible that quercetin may act as a natural inhibitor of the receptor blocking the acute inflammation generated by serotonin.”