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Life, 2023 The Amaryllidaceae family constitutes an interesting source of exclusive alkaloids with a broad spectrum of biological activity. Galanthamine, the most relevant one, has been commercialized for the palliative treatment of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms ...
Luciana R. Tallini +9 more
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Alkaloid Profile Characterisation and Bioactivity Evaluation of Bolivian <i>Hippeastrum</i> Species (Amaryllidaceae) as Cholinesterase Inhibitors. [PDF]
Life (Basel)Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from the Amaryllidoideae subfamily exhibit broad pharmacological activities, including neuroprotection and anticancer effects. Galanthamine is a key compound for Alzheimer’s therapy. The Hippeastrum genus, particularly in Bolivia,
Rodríguez-Escobar ML +7 more
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Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to
Chee Kei Kong +13 more
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Thiol-reactive analogues of galanthamine, codeine and morphine as potential probes to interrogate allosteric binding within nAChRs [PDF]
, 2016 Alkaloids including galanthamine (1) and codeine (2) are reported to be positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) but the binding sites responsible for this activity are not known with certainty.
Balle, Thomas +3 more
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Narcissus dubius, Narcisse Douteux [PDF]
, 2018 This species is endemic to southern France and eastern Spain. It is assessed as Least Concern because it has a widespread distribution, occurs in several protected areas throughout its range and its population is not expected to significantly decline in ...
Carapeto, André +5 more
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Acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting Alkaloids from Zephyranthes concolor
Molecules, 2011 The bulbs and aerial parts of Zephyranthes concolor (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook. f. (Amaryllidaceae), an endemic species to Mexico, were found to contain the alkaloids chlidanthine, galanthamine, galanthamine N-oxide, lycorine, galwesine, and ...
Sebastien Arseneau +9 more
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Comparative study of the vibrational optical activity techniques in structure elucidation : the case of galantamine [PDF]
, 2019 The absolute configuration of the alkaloid galantamine was studied using a range of solution-state techniques; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), and Raman optical activity (ROA). While the combined use of NMR and VCD
Bultinck, Patrick +4 more
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Recent Progress in Amaryllidaceae Biotechnology
Molecules, 2020 Plants belonging to the monocotyledonous Amaryllidaceae family include about 1100 species divided among 75 genera. They are well known as medicinal and ornamental plants, producing pharmaceutically important alkaloids, the most intensively investigated ...
Vasil Georgiev +2 more
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Cholinesterase inhibitors from heartwood of artocarpus fulvicortex F. M. Jarret (Moraceae) [PDF]
, 2016 Cholinesterase inhibition activities were screened on crude extracts and isolated compounds of the heartwood of Artocarpus fulvicortex. Phytochemical studies on the heartwood of A.
Jamil, S., Shah, M. K. K., Sirat, H. M.
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Molecules, 2023 Amaryllidaceae alkaloids are secondary metabolites with interesting medicinal properties. Almost every Narcissus species can synthesize them and constitute an excellent source for their isolation and study.
Julia Lisa-Molina +8 more
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