Acetylcholinesterase inhibition by somes promising Brazilian medicinal plants;Plantas medicinais Brasileiras promissoras para inibição da acetilcolinesterase

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 783-789

  Feitosa, C M ^a   Freitas, R M ^a   Luz, N N N ^a   Bezerra, M Z B ^b   Trevisan, M T S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Alzheimer's disease; Brazilian medicinal plants; Microplate assay

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAZIL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CONVOLVULACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; IPOMOEA ASARIFOLIA; JATROPHA CURCAS; JATROPHA GOSSYPIIFOLIA; KALANCHOE INTEGRA VEREA; MALVACEAE; MORACEAE; NYCTAGINACEAE; RUTACEAE; SENNA ALATA;

EID: 80052575012     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842011000400025     Document Type: Article

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