Kinetics of Acetylcholinesterase inhibition in Fasciolopsis buski and Raillietina echinobothrida by shoot extract of Alpinia nigra, an indigenous medicinal plant

Medicinal Plants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Swargiary, Ananta ^a   Roy, Bishnupada ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpinia nigra; Fasciolopsis buski Acetylcholinesterase; Lineweaver Burk plots; Raillietina echinobothrida

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPINIA NIGRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; FASCIOLA; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SHOOT;

EID: 84877805420     PISSN: 09754261     EISSN: 09756892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/j.0975-4261.3.2.023     Document Type: Article

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