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The pharmacology and therapeutic potential of (-)-huperzine A

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Pharmacology, 2012
Maung Kyaw Moe Tun, Seth B HerzonDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAAbstract: (–)-Huperzine A (1) is an alkaloid isolated from a Chinese club moss.
Tun MK, Herzon SB
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Huperzine A: a natural acetylcholinesterase inhibitor with multifunctional neuroprotective effects

open access: yesBeni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Background Huperzine A, a naturally derived compound, has garnered interest for its capacity to inhibit cholinesterase with multifaceted neuroprotective effects and is obtained from Huperzia serrata (Chinese club moss plant).
Suvaiv   +7 more
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Active anti-acetylcholinesterase component of secondary metabolites produced by the endophytic fungi of Huperzia serrata

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2015
Background: An endophytic fungus lives within a healthy plant during certain stages of, or throughout, its life cycle. Endophytic fungi do not always cause plant disease, and they include fungi that yield different effects, including mutual benefit, and ...
Zhejian Wang   +6 more
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Development of natural products as drugs acting on central nervous system

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1991
We have recenty studied several natural product constituents which have effects on the CNS. (1) Tetrahydropalmatine (THP) and its analogues were isolated from Corydalis ambigua and various species of Stephania.
Xing-Zu Zhu
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Huperzine A provides robust and sustained protection against induced seizures in Scn1a mutant mice

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2016
De novo loss-of-function mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) SCN1A (encoding Nav1.1) are the main cause of Dravet syndrome (DS), a catastrophic early-life encephalopathy associated with prolonged and recurrent early-life febrile seizures
Jennifer C. Wong   +4 more
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Pharmacological treatments for vascular dementia: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology
BackgroundVascular dementia (VaD) is one of the most prevalent, burdensome, and costly forms of dementia. Pharmacological treatment is often the first-line choice for clinicians; however, there is a paucity of comparative information regarding the ...
Chun Dang   +6 more
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Intranasal delivery of Huperzine A to the brain using lactoferrin-conjugated N-trimethylated chitosan surface-modified PLGA nanoparticles for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, 2018
Qingqing Meng,1,* Aiping Wang,1,2,* Hongchen Hua,1 Ying Jiang,1 Yiyun Wang,1 Hongjie Mu,1 Zimei Wu,1 Kaoxiang Sun1 1School of Pharmacy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong ...
Meng QQ   +7 more
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