Acetylcholinesterase inhibition within the lycorine series of amaryllidaceae alkaloids

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 959-962

  Nair, Jerald J ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alkaloid; Alzheimer's disease; Amaryllidaceae; Lycorine

Indexed keywords

2 ACETOXYPSEUDOLYCORINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; ASSOAMINE; BENZOYLOXYLCORINE; CHERYLLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CRININE; EPIVITATTINE; GALANTAMINE; GALANTHINE; HIPPADINE; HOMOLYCORINE; INCARTINE; LYCORINE; MONTANINE; NARCICLASSINE; NARCIPRIMINE; NORBELLADINE; OXOASSOAMINE; PSEUDOLYCORIN; TAZETTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNGIMINORINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMARYLLIDACEAE;

EID: 84864703020     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200700741     Document Type: Review

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