Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory effect of lignans isolated from Schizandra chinensis

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 685-690

  Tran, Manh Hung ^a   Na, Minkyun ^b   Byung, Sun Min ^c   Tran, Minh Ngoc ^a   Lee, IkSoo ^a   Zhang, Xinfeng ^a   Bae, Kihwan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE); Alzheimer's disease; Gomisin; Schisandrin; Schizandra chinensis; Wuweizisu

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347376689     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02977628     Document Type: Article

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