Cytotoxicity and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of an isolated crinine alkaloid from Boophane disticha (Amaryllidaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 572-578

  Adekanmi Adewusi, Emmanuel ^a   Fouche, Gerda ^b   Steenkamp, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxycrinamine; Acetylcholinesterase; Amaryllidaceae; Boophane disticha; Cytotoxicity; SH SY5Y cells

Indexed keywords

6ALPHA HYDROXYCRINAMINE; 6BETA HYDROXYCRINAMINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALOID; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOOPHANE DISTICHA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL VIABILITY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; COLORIMETRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; BOOPHANE DISTICHA;

EID: 84866018618     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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