Analysis of amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Zephyranthes robusta by GC-MS and their cholinesterase activity

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1201-1204

  Cahlíková, Lucie ^a   Kulhánková, Andrea ^a   Urbanová, Klára ^b   Valterová, Irena ^b   Macáková, Kateřina ^a   Kuneš, Jiří ^a  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Amaryllidaceae; Butyrylcholinesterase; GC MS; Zephyranthes robusta

Indexed keywords

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; CHOLINESTERASE; GALANTAMINE; GALANTHINE; HAEMANTHAMINE; LYCORAMINE; NEWBOWDINE; TAZZETINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITTATINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT BULB; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ZEPHYRANTHES ROBUSTA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LILIACEAE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ZEPHYRANTHES;

AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LILIACEAE;

EID: 77956696704     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500810     Document Type: Article

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