Chemistry is an experimental science, and the best way to enjoy it and learn about it is performing experiments. category: pyrrolines. Introducing a new discovery about 1081-17-0, Name is 1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione
Protopine from Corydalis ternata has anticholinesterase and antiamnesic activities
While screening extracts of natural products in search of anticholinesterase activity, we found that a total methanolic extract of the tuber of Corydalis ternata (Papaveraceae) showed significant inhibitory effects on acetylcholinesterase. Further fractionation of this extract using acetylcholinesterase inhibition as the parameter screened resulted in the isolation and purification of an alkaloid, protopine. Protopine inhibited acetylcholinesterase activity in a dose-dependent manner. The concentration required for 50% inhibition was 50 muM. The anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of protopine was specific, reversible and competitive in manner. Furthermore, when mice were pretreated with protopine, the alkaloid significantly alleviated scopolamine-induced memory impairment. In fact, protopine had an efficacy almost identical to that of velnacrine, a tacrine derivative developed by a major drug manufacturer to treat Alzheimer’s disease, at an identical therapeutic concentration. We suggest, therefore, that protopine has both anti-acetylcholinesterase and antiamnesic properties that may ultimately hold significant therapeutic value in alleviating certain memory impairments observed in dementia.
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