Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase Activity by Essential Oils of Mentha Species

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3431-3434

  Miyazawa, Mitsuo ^a   Watanabe, Hitomi ^a   Umemoto, Kazuyasu ^b   Kameoka, Hiromu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Elemol; Essential oils; Inhibitory activity; Mentha species; Sesquiterpene alcohol; Viridiflorol

Indexed keywords

MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA;

EID: 0000756246     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9707041     Document Type: Article

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