Skimmianine, a furoquinoline alkaloid from Zanthoxylum nitidum as a potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 722-725

  Yang, Zhong Duo ^a   Zhang, Dong Bo ^a   Ren, Jin ^a   Yang, Ming Jun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Alzheimer's disease; Quinoline alkaloid; Skimmianine; Zanthoxylum nitidum

Indexed keywords

5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DICTAMNINE; EDULININE; EDULITINE; GAMMA FAGARINE; HAPLOPINE; MAGNOLONE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SKIMMIANINE; TODDALOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHODIOLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM;

EID: 84861864338     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-011-9581-9     Document Type: Article

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