Anticholinesterase Activity in an Alkaloid Extract of Huperzia saururus

ORTEGA MARÍA GABRIELA, AGNESE ALICIA MARIEL Y CABRERA JOSÉ LUIS.

PHYTOMEDICINE

Urban & Fisher Verlag

Lugar: Jena. Germany; Año: 2004 vol. 11 p. 539 - 539

0944-7113

p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0.9pt 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevis. (Lycopodiaceae) is widely used in Argentinian traditional medicine as an aphrodisiac and for memory improvement. An aqueous extract from the aerial parts was obtained by decoction, revealing the presence of alkaloids, among other constituents. By partition with organic solvent in alkaline media alkaloids were extracted and then purified by gel permeation. The anticholinesterase activity in vitro of the alkaloid extract using erythrocyte membranes and human serum as