Investigation of the in vitro and ex vivo acetylcholinesterase and antioxidant activities of traditionally used Lycopodium species from South America on alkaloid extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-67

  Konrath, Eduardo Luis ^a   Neves, Bruna Medeiros ^a   Lunardi, Paula Santana ^a   Passos, Carolina Dos Santos ^a   Simões Pires, André ^a   Ortega, María Gabriela ^b   Gonalves, Carlos Alberto ^a   Cabrera, José L ^b   Moreira, José Cláudio Fonseca ^a   Henriques, Amélia T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidant activity; Lycopodium alkaloids; Lycopodium clavatum; Lycopodium thyoides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALOID; ANTIOXIDANT; BOLDINE; CATALASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HUPERZINE A; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM ALKALOID EXTRACT; LYCOPODIUM THYOIDES ALKALOID EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYCOPODIUM; LYCOPODIUM THYOIDES; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEOXYRIBOSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYCOPODIUM; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOUTH AMERICA;

LYCOPODIACEAE; LYCOPODIUM; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM; LYCOPODIUM THYOIDES; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 83555166257     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.042     Document Type: Article

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