Smyrnium connatum Boiss. and Kotschy is known as “yabani kereviz” in Turkey its roots are used to treat asthma. species by people different regions diuretic, depurative laxative. The aim of this analysis was test the biological activities methanol extracts obtained from aerial parts S. using a Soxhlet extractor, ultrasonic assisted extraction, maceration procedures. were tested for their acetyl...

introduction: iache (acetylcholinesterase) is one of the plasma’s enzymes that plays a crucial role in nervous signal transduction in synapses and is responsible for the hydrolysis of ach. material & method: we investigated three methods for the determination of ache in human blood serum, using three different assays. michel methods are based on the measurement of hydrogen ion produced in proce...

Two distinct classes of acetylcholinesterase exist in near equal amounts in the electric organ of Torpedo californica. A globular 5.6 S form is a dimer which possesses a hydrophobic region. The second form is present as elongated species that sediment at 17 and 13 S and contain structural subunits disulfide-linked to the catalytic subunits. Removal of the structural subunits by mild proteolysis...

We describe a new method for measuring the in vitro rate of hydrolysis of the muscle relaxant succinylcholine. This substrate is hydrolyzed by plasma cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8). The resulting choline is determined by measuring the hydrogen peroxide formed on its oxidation by choline oxidase (EC 1.1.3.17). This is done by use of phenol and aminoantipyrine coupled to peroxidase, and yields an in...

Plasma levels of valproic acid (VPA) are decreased by concomitant use with carbapenem antibiotics, such as panipenem (PAPM). One of the plausible mechanisms of this interaction is the inhibition of VPA glucuronide (VPA-G) hydrolysis by carbapenems in the liver. To elucidate this interaction mechanism, we purified VPA-G hydrolase from human liver cytosol, in which the hydrolytic activity was mai...

Increase in blood glucose levels can be caused by the long-term use of pesticides farmers. This study aims to determine whether there is a correlation between activity cholinesterase as an indicator exposure and farmers Mlokorejo Village, Jember Regency. The research method observational-analytic with cross-sectional design. Data form general characteristics sample were obtained through intervi...

Cholinesterase activity in blood of laboratory rats was monitored. Rats were intoxicated with paraoxon at dosis of 0 - 65 - 125 - 170 - 250 - 500 nmol. The 250 nmol dose was found to be the LD(50). An electrochemical sensor was found useful to provide information about cholinesterase activity. The decrease of cholinesterase activity was correlated to intoxication symptoms and mortality level. I...

Neroe endings and deposits of cholinesterase were stained in frozen sections of five normal striated human eye muscles with a stain that combines the neroe fiber techniijue of Hortega and the method of Koelle and Friedenwald for the demonstration of cholinesterase. Cholinesterase deposits are found at the base of the motor end plates. Dense cholinesterase deposits can also he found around thin ...

It is shown from the kinetics of inhibition of cholinesterase by N-methylcarbamates and organo-phosphates that the LD50 dose is likely to be a much greater multiple of the dose causing signs of poisoning in 50%-of the animals (the ED50) for the carbamates than for the organophosphates. The expected difference was demonstrated by a comparison of the LD50s and ED50s, intravenous and intramuscular...

An enzyme hydrolyzing 4to g-carbon y-lactones has been purified 12to 15-fold from rat liver and from human plasma. In rat liver the enzyme is located in the microsomal fraction and may be solubilized by deoxycholate treatment and separated from microsomal B-esterase by ammonium sulfate fractionation. The effects of a series of inhibitors on y-lactonase, B-esterase purified from rat liver micros...