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Letters in Drug Design & Discovery

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ISSN (Print): 1570-1808
ISSN (Online): 1875-628X

Quaternary Heteroarenium Salts as the Competitive Inhibitors of the Brain Acetylcholinesterase

Author(s): Kamil Kuca, Jiri Cabal, Jiri Patocka and Vlastimil Dohnal

Volume 1, Issue 2, 2004

Page: [97 - 100] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/1570180043485509

Price: $65

Abstract

The interaction of seventeen heteroarenium salts with the enzyme acetylcholinesterase was investigated using in vitro experiments. Rat brains were used as a source of the enzyme. All compounds involved in this study were found to be competitive acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. 10-methyl-acridinium iodide seems to be the most potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

Keywords: acetylcholinesterase, heteroarenium salts, inhibition, reactivation


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