α-Onocerin: An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor from Lycopodium clavatum

Orhan İ., Terzioglu S., Sener B.

Planta Medica, cilt.69, sa.3, ss.265-267, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-2003-38489
  • Dergi Adı: Planta Medica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.265-267
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In order to find new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from natural sources which have therapeutic potential in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, the chloroform:methanol (1:1) extracts of five Lycopodium species (L. clavatum L., L. selago L., L. annotinum L., L. alpinum L., and L. complanatum ssp. chamaecyparissus A. (Br.) Döll.), growing in Turkey (Lycopodiaceae), were screened in vitro by the Ellman spectrophotometric method at 1 mg/ml concentration. Among these extracts, only the extract of L. clavatum was found to be active (49.85%). Bioassay-guided fractionation of the chloroform extract of L. clavatum led to the isolation of α-onocerin (IC50 = 5.2 μM), a well-known triterpenoid, as the responsible compound for the activity.