Huperzine alkaloids from Australasian and southeast Asian Huperzia

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1073-1078

  Lim, Wei Han ^a   Goodger, Jason Q D ^a   Field, Ashley R ^b   Holtum, Joseph A M ^b   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase; Alzheimer's disease; Huperzine A; Huperzine B; Lycopod

Indexed keywords

HUPERZIA AQUALUPIANA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA BRASSII EXTRACT; HUPERZIA CARINATA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA ELMERI EXTRACT; HUPERZIA FOLIOSA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA HIPPURIS EXTRACT; HUPERZIA MIRABILIS EXTRACT; HUPERZIA NUMMULARIIFOLIA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA OVALIFOLIA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA PHLEGMARIA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA PHLEGMARIOIDES EXTRACT; HUPERZIA SQUARROSA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA SUBTRIFOLIATA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA TAXIFOLIA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA TETRASTICHA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA VARIA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA VRIESEANA EXTRACT; HUPERZINE A; HUPERZINE B; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; HUPERZIA; HUPERZIA AQUALUPIANA; HUPERZIA BRASSII; HUPERZIA CARINATA; HUPERZIA ELMERI; HUPERZIA FOLIOSA; HUPERZIA HIPPURIS; HUPERZIA MIRABILIS; HUPERZIA NUMMULARIIFOLIA; HUPERZIA OVALIFOLIA; HUPERZIA PHLEGMARIA; HUPERZIA PHLEGMARIOIDES; HUPERZIA SQUARROSA; HUPERZIA SUBTRIFOLIATA; HUPERZIA TAXIFOLIA; HUPERZIA TETRASTICHA; HUPERZIA VARIA; HUPERZIA VRIESEANA; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALKALOIDS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALASIA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUPERZIA; INFLORESCENCE; ISOMERISM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SESQUITERPENES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HUPERZIA; HUPERZIA SERRATA; LYCOPODIACEAE;

EID: 77956049595     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.485619     Document Type: Article

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