Flavonoids as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 5289-5302

  Uriarte Pueyo, I ^a   Calvo, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidant activity; Chalcones; Flavanones; Flavones; Flavonoids; Flavonols; Isoflavones; Natural products; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; ISOFLAVONE; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 82255161797     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711798184325     Document Type: Article

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