Plant Secondary Metabolites- Potent Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase Isoforms

Title:Plant Secondary Metabolites- Potent Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase Isoforms

Volume: 14 Issue: 1

Author(s): Bijo Mathew, Jerad Suresh, Githa E. Mathew, Ramamoorthy Parasuraman and Nalakathu Abdulla

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Keywords: Alkaloids, flavonoids, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, xanthones.

Abstract: Target of monoamine oxidase inhibitions are considered as the treatment of depressive states and neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Many medicinal chemistry research groups are actively working in this area for the development of most promising selective MAO inhibitors. Many plant isolates also showed remarkable MAO inhibition in recent years. The objective of this review is to identify the major MAO inhibitors secondary metabolites from plants like flavonoids, alkaloids and xanthones class of compounds.

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Mathew Bijo, Suresh Jerad, Mathew E. Githa, Parasuraman Ramamoorthy and Abdulla Nalakathu, Plant Secondary Metabolites- Potent Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase Isoforms, Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2014; 14 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871524914666140826111930