Bio-guided isolation of cholinesterase inhibitors from the bulbs of Crinum x powellii

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 984-987

  Kissling, Jonathan ^a   Ioset, Jean Robert ^a   Marston, Andrew ^a   Hostettmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Amaryllidaceae; Crinum powellii; Linoleic acid ethyl ester

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYL ALCOHOL 4 O BETA GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; 4' HYDROXY 7 METHOXYFLAVAN; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CRINUM EXTRACT; HIPPADINE; LINOLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CRINUM; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCOSYLATION; PLANT BULB; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CRINUM; FLAVONOIDS; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CRINUM;

EID: 29244455008     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1770     Document Type: Article

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