Triterpenes from Warszewiczia coccinea (rubiaceae) as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1323-1326

  Calderón, Angela I ^a   Simithy, Johayra ^b   Quaggio, Giuliana ^b   Espinosa, Alex ^b   López Pérez, Jose Luis ^c   Gupta, Mahabir P ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Antioxidant; Rubiaceae; Triterpenes; Warszewiczia coccinea

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3BETA,6BETA DIHYDROXY OLEAN 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; 3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA TRIHYDROXY URS 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARSZEWICZIA COCCINEA EXTRACT; 3BETA,6BETA DIHYDROXYOLEAN 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; 3BETA,6BETA-DIHYDROXYOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OLEANOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT STEM; RUBIACEAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WARSZEWICZIA COCCINEA; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

PENTAGONIA MACROPHYLLA; RUBIACEAE; TABERNAEMONTANA; WARSZEWICZIA COCCINEA;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; OLEANOLIC ACID; RUBIACEAE; TRITERPENES;

EID: 73449136418     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900401002     Document Type: Article

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