Table 4.
AChE inhibitory assay of different solvent extracts.
| Extracting Solvents |
AChE Inhibitory Assay IC50 (μg/mL) |
|
|---|---|---|
| AA | Salt-Fried AA | |
| n-Hexane | 163.7 ± 6.7 * | 134.2 ± 5.2 * |
| Chloroform | 133.3 ± 6.8 | 135.6 ± 6.0 * |
| Dichloromethane | 129.5 ± 6.2 * | 79.7 ± 2.6 * |
| Ethyl acetate | 169.9 ± 4.0 * | 133.8 ± 6.5 * |
| Acetone | 130.2 ± 3.7 * | 162.3 ± 6.1 * |
| Methanol | 126.5 ± 4.6 * | 126.8 ± 4.6 * |
| Ethanol | 117.1 ± 2.6 * | 85.1 ± 6.9 ** |
| Water | 139.4 ± 5.2 | 73.6 ± 2.8 * |
| Galanthamine a | 0.5 ± 0.1 ** | 0.5 ± 0.1 ** |
a Galanthamine used as positive control. * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 compared with the control. AA means Anemarrhena asphodeloides. Salt-fried AA means salt-fried Anemarrhena asphodeloides.