Isolation of narciprimine from Cyrtanthus contractus (Amaryllidaceae) and evaluation of its acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1102-1106

  Nair, Jerald J ^a   Aremu, Adeyemi O ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alkaloid; Amaryllidaceae; Cyrtanthus contractus; Narciprimine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NARCIPRIMINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYRTANTHUS CONTRACTUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT BULB;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EELS; LILIACEAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENANTHRENES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CYRTANTHUS; LYCORIS; NARCISSUS; ZEPHYRANTHES;

EID: 80054955815     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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