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. 2019 Nov 19;24(22):4190. doi: 10.3390/molecules24224190

Table 1.

Binding profile of selected ligands at the human opioid receptors [51] .

Ligand Ki [nM] Action Compound Class Ref.
μ-OR δ-OR κ-OR NOP
Met5-enkephalin 261 9.9 - - agonist δOR EOP Stefanucci [52]
Leu5-enkephalin 513 10.7 - - agonist δOR EOP Stefanucci [52]
β-Endorphin 2.1 2.4 96 - agonist μOR, κOR EOP Corbett [53]
Dinorphin A 1.6 1.25 0.05 386 agonist κOR EOP Zhang [54]
Nociceptin 437 2846 147 0.08 agonist EOP Cami-Cobeci [50]
Morphine 2.06 >10,000 134 >10,000 agonist μOR EM Valenzano [55]
Oxycodone 16 7680 43,000 - agonist μOR EM Miyazaki [56]
Naltrexone 0.62 12.3 1.88 - antagonist EM Zheng [57]
Carfentanil 0.07 - - - agonist μOR 4-AP Henriksen [58]
Carfentanila 0.051 4.7 13 - agonist μOR 4-AP Frost [59]
Carfentanilb 0.024 3.28 43.1 - agonist μOR 4-AP Cometta [60]
Cyclofoxya 2.62 89 9.3 - antagonist μOR, κOR EM Rothman [38]
DPN 0.07 0.23 0.02 - antagonist orvinol Raynor [61]
BPN 1.5 6.1 2.5 77.4 partial μOR agonist, κOR antagonist orvinol Cami-Cobeci [50]
PEO 0.18 5.1 0.12 - full agonist orvinol Marton [62]
FE-DPN 0.24 8.00 0.20 - antagonist orvinol Schoultz [63]
FE-BPN 0.24 2.10 0.12 - mixed agonist/antagonist orvinol Schoultz [63]
FE-PEO 0.10 0.49 0.08 - full agonist orvinol Schoultz [63]
NTIb 3.8 0.03 332 - antagonist δOR EM Portoghese [64]
MeNTIb 14 0.02 65 - antagonist δOR EM Portoghese [64]
GR103545 16.2 536 0.02 - agonist κOR ArAP Schoultz [65]
LY2459989a 7.68 91.3 0.18 - antagonist κOR APPB Zheng [66]
LY2795050 25.8 153 0.72 - antagonist κOR APPB Zheng [57]
FEKAP 7.4 139 0.43 - agonist κOR ArAP Li [67]
EKAP 8.6 386 0.28 - agonist ArAP Li [68]
MeJDTic 8.88 118 1.01 - antagonist κOR JDTic Poisnel [69]
Salvinorin A >1000 5790 1.9 - agonist κOR NND Harding [70]
NOP-1A - - - 0.15 antagonist NOP FDPTP Pike [71]
MK-0911 94 - - 0.6 antagonist NOP SPB Hostetler [72]

EOP: Endogenous opioid peptide, EM: 4,5-Eopxy-morphinan, 4-AP: 4-Anilidopiperidine, orvinol: 6,14-ethenomorphinan, Bentley-compound, ArAP: Arylacetamidopiperazine, APPB: Aryl- phenylpyrrolidinylmethyl-phenoxy-benzamide, JDTic: trans-3,4-dimethyl-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)- piperidine, NND: “non nitrogenous” diterpene, FDPTP: 2′-fluoro-4′,5′-dihydrospiro[piperidine- 4,7′-thieno [2,3-c]pyran]- derivative, SPB: [[spiro[2.5]octan-8-yl]-methyl]piperidin-4-yl] benzimidazol-2-one, a: in the rat brain b: in guinea pig brain membranes.