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Alzheimer’s Disease and Essential Oils

Natural AChE Inhibitors from Plants and their Contribution to Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy


 2013 Jul;11(4):388-413. doi: 10.2174/1570159X11311040004.

Natural AChE Inhibitors from Plants and their Contribution to Alzheimer's Disease Therapy.

Murray AP1, Faraoni MB2, Castro MJ3, Alza NP3, Cavallaro V3.


See Table 1 for plants and oils listed listed

Abstract

As acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are an important therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer's disease, efforts are being made in search of new molecules with anti-AChE activity. The fact that naturally-occurring compounds from plants are considered to be a potential source of new inhibitors has led to the discovery of an important number of secondary metabolites and plant extracts with the ability of inhibiting the enzyme AChE, which, according to the cholinergic hypothesis, increases the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain, thus improving cholinergic functions in patients with Alzheimer's disease and alleviating the symptoms of this neurological disorder. This review summarizes a total of 128 studies which correspond to the most relevant research work published during 2006-2012 (1st semester) on plant-derived compounds, plant extracts and essential oils found to elicit AChE inhibition. 

KEYWORDS: 

Alzheimer’s Disease; acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; essential oils.; plant extracts; secondary metabolites
PMID:
 
24381530
 
[PubMed] 
PMCID:
 
PMC3744903

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