In vitro and in vivo metabolism and inhibitory activities of vasicine, a potent acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor.

Vasicine (VAS), a potential natural cholinesterase inhibitor, exhibited promising anticholinesterase activity in preclinical models and has been in development for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. This study systematically investigated the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of VAS in rat using ul...

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Main Authors: Wei Liu, Xiaoyuan Shi, Yadi Yang, Xuemei Cheng, Qing Liu, Han Han, Baohua Yang, Chunyong He, Yongli Wang, Bo Jiang, Zhengtao Wang, Changhong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388757?pdf=render