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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages 418-422Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.032
Keywords
AChE; acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Danish folk medicine; memory dysfunction
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Aqueous and methanolic extracts of 11 plants, used in Danish folk medicine for improvement of memory and cognition, and 3 Corydalis species were tested for acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity using the Ellman colorimetric method. Significant inhibitory activity in dose-dependent manner was observed for extracts of Corydalis cava, Corydalis intermedia, Corydalis solida ssp. laxa and Corydalis solida ssp. slivenensis. Extracts of Ruta graveolens, Lavandula angustifolia, Rosmarinus officinalis, Petroselinum crispum and Mentha spicata exhibited moderate inhibition of the enzyme, defined as more than 15% at 0.1 mg/ml. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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