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. 2020 Nov 5;10(12):509. doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-02481-1

Table 1.

Cholinesterase inhibition, anti-BACE1, anti-MAO B and antioxidant capacity of 4-methylcoumarin and thiocoumarin derivativesgraphic file with name 13205_2020_2481_Str1_HTML.jpg

Compounds Structures IC50 (µM) or % inhibition at 80 µM Selectivity Percentage inhibition for BACE 1 (*) Percentage inhibition for MAO B (*) Fe equivalent (µM ± SEM) (*) Trolox equivalent (µM ± SEM) (*)
AChE BuChE
C1 R1 = R2 = OH, R3 = R4 = R5 = H,R6 = O n.a 55.44 ± 5.30 19.35 ± 1.23% n.d 831.93 ± 17.81 393.35 ± 10.25
C2 R1 = R2 = OPr, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 40.59 ± 0.95% 35.78 ± 0.13% n.a. n.a.
C3 R1 = R2 = OPr, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = S 5.63 ± 1.68 17.02 ± 3.67 3.03 57.23 ± 1.76% 31.99 ± 1.56 799.83 ± 9.13 357.36 ± 5.63
C4 R1 = R2 = OAc, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 17.87 ± 2.37 38.93 ± 3.57 2.17 11.92 ± 0.78% 25.62 ± 2.62 733.22 ± 15.98 364.92 ± 15.32
C5 R2 = OAc, R1 = R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 32.46 ± 1.35 10.23 ± 1.52% n.a. n.d.
C6 R2 = R4 = OAc, R1 = R3 = R5 = H, R6 = O 43.56 ± 2.32 92.85 ± 1.20 2.13 9.74 ± 0.89% n.d.
C7 R1 = R2 = OAc, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = S 14.91 ± 2.29 3.40 ± 0.20 0.22 43.62 ± 0.95% 17.06 ± 1.02 626.27 ± 5.42 260.52 ± 4.25
C8 R2 = R4 = OH, R1 = R3 = H, R5 = EtOAc, R6 = O 41.99 ± 6.93 > 100 n.a. n.a. 249.31 ± 3.17 329.48 ± 7.35
C9 R1 = R2 = OBu, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O n.a n.a 20.06 ± 1.51% n.d. 126.33 ± 3.14 196.38 ± 1.23
C10 R2 = R3 = OAc, R1 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 29.49 ± 2.89 > 100 n.a. n.d. 518.28 ± 2.07 346.42 ± 2.36
C11 R1 = NHAc, R2 = OAc, R3 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 61.96 ± 5.62 98.54 ± 4.91 41.66 ± 1.36% 12.05 ± 2.93
C12 R1 = R2 = OH, R4 = COOH, R3 = R5 = H, R6 = O n.a > 100 15.27 ± 0.76% n.d. 998.09 ± 12.66 421.59 ± 11.89
C13 R2 = OH, R3 = COOH, R1 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O > 100 28.60 ± 1.25% 30.65 ± 0.58% 4.98 ± 0.89
C14 R2 = OAc, R3 = COOH, R1 = R4 = R5 = H, R6 = O 79.43 ± 3.94 n.a. n.a. n.d.
C15 R2 = R5 = OH, R1 = R3 = R4 = H, R6 = O n.a. n.a. 31.09 ± 1.83% 12.91 ± 1.27 790.81 ± 36.41 311.46 ± 13.85
Donepezil 0.19 ± 0.02 5.75 ± 0.36
Selegiline 81.36 ± 0.38

n.a. no activity was observed

n.d. activity was not determined

*All compounds were screened at 20 µM

aIC50, inhibitor concentration (mean ± SEM) resulting in 50% inhibition of the enzyme AChE

bIC50, inhibitor concentration (mean ± SEM) resulting in 50% inhibition of the enzyme BuChE

cSelectivity for AChE: (IC50 of BuChE)/(IC50 of AChE