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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Sci. 2021 Mar 27;162:105821. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105821

Table 2.

Monoamine oxidase A IC50 values (μM) for the identified β-carbolines.

Compound MAO-A Glo Published a DYRK1A:MAO-A (IC50 ratio) b
Harmine 0.06 0.003 – 0.107 1.2
Harmaline 0.09 0.005 – 0.020 26.1
Harmalol 0.66 0.153 1.0
Harmol 0.50 0.53 0.2
Harmane 0.64 0.029 – 0.337 4.2
Tetrahydroharmine 1.52 Undetermined 6.2
Norharmane 4.29 6.47 – 67.1 1.3
Staurosporine No inhibition
b

Using TR-FRET DYRK1A IC50 values in this work. As we observed a strong correlation between inhibition potencies in both DYRK1A assay formats, we also see a comparable ranking of DYRK1A:MAO-A ratios if we use the DYRK1A values from the 33P-ATP data.