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. 2022 Jun 26;10(7):1510. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10071510
ACh Acetylthiocholine
AChI Acetylthiocholine iodide
AD Alzheimer’s Disease
ADMET Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, Toxicity
APP Amyloid Precursor Protein
42 Beta-amyloid protein, fragment 1-42
BBB Blood–brain Barrier
BIM Hydroxyphenylbenzimidazole acid
BCh Butyrylthiocholine
BChI S-butyrylthiocholine iodide
Caco Human colon carcinoma cell line
CNS Central nervous system
DMA N,N-dimethylacetamide
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DMF Dimethylformamide
DMHP 1,2-Dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
DPPH 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical
DTNB 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid)
EC50 Half maximal effective concentration
EDCI 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
eeAChE Electric eel acetylcholinesterase
eqBChE Equine butyrylcholinesterase
FBS Fetal bovine serum
HD Huntington’s disease
HEPES 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine-ethanesulfonic acid
HFIP 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-propanol
HSA Human serum albumin
IC50 Half maximal inhibitory concentration
LC Liquid chromatography
MDCK Madin–Darby canine kidney cell line
M.P Melting points
MS-ESI Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
MTT 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
NMM N-Methylmorpholine
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
PCA Principal component analysis
PD Parkinson’s disease
PSA Polar surface area (Van der Waals surface area of polar nitrogen and oxygen atoms)
RF Retention factor
RIV Rivastigmine
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SEM Standard error of the mean
SD Standard deviation
SI Selectivity index (IC50(AChE)/IC50(BChE)
TBTU 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethylaminium tetrafluoroborate
TEA Triethylamine
TEM Transmission electron microscopy
ThT Thioflavin T
TLC Thin-layer chromatography
TMS Tetramethylsilane
TRIS Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
UV-Vis Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy