Butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory guaianolides from Amberboa ramosa

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-176

  Sher, Bahadar Khan ^a   Azhar ul Haq, ^a   Perveen, Shagufta ^a   Afza, Nighat ^b   Malik, Abdul ^a   Nawaz, Sarfraz Ahmad ^a   Shah, Muhammad Raza ^a   Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amberboa ramosa; Butyrylcholinesterase inhibition; Compositae; Guaianolides

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ASTERACEAE; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GALANTAMINE; KINETICS; SESQUITERPENES, GUAIANE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 21844468804     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 02536269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02977710     Document Type: Article

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