Leufolins A and B, potent butyrylcholinesterase-inhibiting flavonoid glucosides from Leucas urticifolia

Molecules

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1447-1454

  Atia Tun Noor, ^a   Fatima, Itrat ^a   Ahmad, Ijaz ^b   Malik, Abdul ^a   Afza, Nighat ^b   Iqbal, Lubna ^b   Latif, Mehreen ^b   Khan, Sher Bahadar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Butyrylcholinesterase; Inhibitory activity; Lamiaceae; Leucas urticifolia; Leufolin A; Leufolin B

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; LEUFOLIN A; LEUFOLIN B; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMARANTHACEAE; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

EID: 34547619583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/12071447     Document Type: Article

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