Differential acetyl cholinesterase inhibition by volatile oils from two specimens of Marlierea racemosa (Myrtaceae) collected from different areas of the Atlantic Rain Forest

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1143-1146

  Souza, Amanda ^a,b   Silva, Michelle C ^b   Cardoso Lopes, Elaine M ^b   Cordeiro, Inês ^b   Sobral, Marcos E G ^c   Young, Maria Cláudia M ^b   Moreno, Paulo R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase activity; Marlierea racemosa; Monoterpenes; Myrtaceae; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; SPATHULENOL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAZIL; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MARLIEREA RACEMOSA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; RAIN FOREST; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

MARLIEREA; MYRTACEAE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAZIL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COLORIMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MYRTACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 73949087602     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400826     Document Type: Article

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