Coumarins from Peucedanum ostruthium as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Urbain, Aurélie ^a   Marston, Andrew ^a   Hostettmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Bioautography; Centrifugal partition chromatography; Coumarins; Peucedanum ostruthium

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; GALANTAMINE; HUPERZINE A; OSTRUTHIN; OSTRUTHOL; OXYPEUCEDANIN; PENTOSALEN; PEUCENIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PEUCEDANUM OSTRUTHIUM; PLANT ROOT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PEUCEDANUM OSTRUTHIUM;

EID: 30344437244     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500382720     Document Type: Article

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