acetylcholinesterase (ache) is the main enzyme for the breakdown of acetylcholine. nowadays, usage of the inhibitors of this enzyme is one of the most important types of treatment of mild to moderate neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimer’s disease. herbal medicines can be a new source of inhibitors of this enzyme. in this study we examined around 100 different plants to evaluate their in...

BORIS PEJIN1*, JASMINA GLAMOCLIJA2, ANA CIRIC2, YONG KIEN-THAI3, MARINA SOKOVIC2 1University of Belgrade – Department of Life Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Kneza Viseslava 1, 10030 Belgrade, Serbia 2University of Belgrade – Mycological laboratory, Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgra...

Seven stilbenes and one catechin were bioactivity-guidedly isolated from the rhizomes of Rheum palmatem. Their structures were identified as piceatannol (1), resveratrol (2), piceid (3), rhapontigenin (4), piceatannol-3´-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), rhaponticin (6), catechin (7) and desoxyrhapontigenin (8). Anti-monoamine oxidase (MAO) activities of compounds 1-8 were tested. Compounds 1 and 8 sh...

The aim of the study is to evaluate ethanol extract Rheum ribes root (RTE), as well and young shoots (RYSE), for its chemical composition, antioxidant properties cytotoxic effects. Total polyphenols (TPC), total flavonoid (TFC), radical scavenging activity (DPPH), ferric reducing power (FRAP) extracts were determined using colorimetric methods. Mineral contents vitamin values samples by ICP-MS ...