Screening of plants of Amaryllidaceae and related families from Panama as sources of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 988-993

  Calderón, Angela I ^a   Cubilla, Milagros ^b   Espinosa, Alex ^b   Gupta, Mahabir P ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Amaryllidaceae; Crinum; Inhibitors; Panama; Screening

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; AGAPANTHUS PRAECOX EXTRACT; AGAVE EXTRACT; AGAVE PANAMANA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA EXTRACT; BOMAREA CHIRIQUINA EXTRACT; BOMAREA HIRSUTE EXTRACT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORDYLINE FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; CRICUM JAGUS EXTRACT; CRICUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; CRINUM ERUBESCENS EXTRACT; CRINUM X AMABILE EXTRACT; CRINUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; CROCOSMIA X CROCOSMIIFLORA EXTRACT; DRACAENA FRAGRANS EXTRACT; ECHINODORUS GRANDIFLORUS EXTRACT; EUCHARIS BOUCHEI EXTRACT; FURCRAEA CABUYA EXTRACT; FURCRAEA FOETIDA EXTRACT; FURCRAEA SELLOA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SISYRINCHIUM TINCTORIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYRIS JUPICAI EXTRACT;

AGAPANTHUS PRAECOX; AGAVE; AGAVE PANAMANA; AMARYLLIDACEAE; AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA; ARTICLE; BOMAREA CHIRIQUINA; BOMAREA HIRSUTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYLINE FRUTICOSA; CRICUM JAGUS; CRICUM ZEYLANICUM; CRINUM ERUBESCENS; CRINUM X AMABILE; CRINUM ZEYLANICUM; CROCOSMIA X CROCOSMIIFLORA; DRACAENA FRAGRANS; ECHINODORUS GRANDIFLORUS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUCHARIS BOUCHEI; FURCRAEA CABUYA; FURCRAEA FOETIDA; FURCRAEA SELLOA; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES; SCREENING; SISYRINCHIUM TINCTORIUM; XYRIS JUPICAI;

AGAPANTHUS PRAECOX; ALISMATACEAE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; CRINUM; CRINUM AMABILE; CRINUM JAGUS; CRINUM ZEYLANICUM; CROCOSMIA CROCOSMIIFLORA; IRIDACEAE; LILIACEAE; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SISYRINCHIUM; XYRIDACEAE; XYRIS JUPICAI;

EID: 77956052947     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903418514     Document Type: Article

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