Acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of Pinus species essential oils and their constituents

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 622-628

  Bonesi, Marco ^a   Menichini, Federica ^a   Tundis, Rosa ^a   Loizzo, Monica R ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   Passalacqua, Nicodemo G ^a   Statti, Giancarlo A ^a   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition; Essential oil; GC MS; Pinus species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHOLINESTERASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GALANTAMINE; LINALYL ACETATE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; PINE; PINUS HELDREICHII; PINUS NIGRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OILS, VOLATILE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; TERPENES;

PINUS HELDREICHII; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 77956031563     PISSN: 14756366     EISSN: 14756374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14756360903389856     Document Type: Article

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