A survey of plants for presence of cholinesterase activity

Phytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 827-831

  Gupta, Ashu ^a   Gupta, Rajendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylch oline; Acetylcholinesterase; Anticholinesterase; Asteraceae; Cholinesterase; Distribution; Euphorbiaceae; Legumes; Leguminosae; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SQUID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030708962     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00393-2     Document Type: Article

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