Screening of medicinal plants from Taman Herba Perlis for acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity / Norhafizoh Abdul Somat … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Abdul Somat, Norhafizoh, Osman, Che Puteh, Ismail, Nor Hadiani, Yusoff, Zaini, Md Yusof, Yuswanie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Applied Science 2019
• Subjects: Ecology; Medical botany (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47050/1/47050.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47050/

In a search for new potential AChE inhibitors, 31 selected medicinal plants from Perlis were collected gathered, air dried and successively extracted using hexane, dichloromethane, and alcohol. The dichloromethane and alcoholic extracts were screened for AChE inhibitory activity using Ellman's...