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. 2016 Dec 7;55(1):324–329. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2016.1238488

Table 4.

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory activiy of S. guyoniana and M. aquatica extract.a

Plant Extract AChE assay BChE assay
IC50 (μg/mL)
S. guyoniana aerial parts BESG 5.78 ± 0.01 39.10 ± 1.41
  EESG NAb NA
  CESG NA NA
M. aquatica aerial parts MEMA NA NA
  CEMA NA 20.18 ± 0.55
M. aquaticaroots MERMA NA NA
  AERMA 20.7 ± 2.11 19.23 ± 1.42
Standard Galantamin 5.01 ± 0.10 53.90 ± 0.56
a

Values expressed are means ± SEM of three parallel measurements (p < 0.05).

b

Not active.