Huperzia quadrifariata and Huperzia reflexa alkaloids inhibit acetylcholinesterase activity in vivo in mice brain

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1321-1324

  Konrath, E L ^a   Neves, B M ^a   Passos, C Dos S ^a   Lunardi, P S ^a   Ortega, M G ^b   Cabrera, J L ^b   Goncalves C A ^a   Henriques, A T ^a  

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

^b Centro de Investigaciones En Quimica Biologica de Cordoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase activity; Huperzia quadrifariata; Huperzia reflexa; Huperzine A; Lycopodiaceae; Lycopodium alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; HUPERZIA QUADRIFARIATA EXTRACT; HUPERZIA REFLEXA EXTRACT; HUPERZINE A; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUPERZIA QUADRIFARIATA; HUPERZIA REFLEXA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALOIDS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUPERZIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESQUITERPENES;

HUPERZIA; HUPERZIA REFLEXA; HUPERZIA SERRATA; LYCOPODIACEAE; LYCOPODIUM; MUS;

EID: 84870012224     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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