Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease:: getting on and staying on

GT Grossberg - Current Therapeutic Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors currently used in the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) are the acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-selective inhibitors, donepezil and …

Cholinesterase inhibitors used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: the relationship between pharmacological effects and clinical efficacy

DG Wilkinson, PT Francis, E Schwam, J Payne-Parrish - Drugs & aging, 2004 - Springer
The deficiency in cholinergic neurotransmission in Alzheimer's disease has led to the
development of cholinesterase inhibitors as the first-line treatment for symptoms of this …

Current pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's disease

A Lleo, SM Greenberg, JH Growdon - Annu. Rev. Med., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease that affects
approximately 4.5 million people in the United States. The mainstays of current …

Cholinesterases: new roles in brain function and in Alzheimer's disease

E Giacobini - Neurochemical research, 2003 - Springer
The most important therapeutic effect of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) on approximately
50% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is to stabilize cognitive function at a steady level …

Multi-target-directed ligands in Alzheimer's disease treatment

M Bajda, N Guzior, M Ignasik… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Among the various drug discovery methods, a very promising modern approach consists in
designing multi-target-directed ligands (MTDLs). This methodology has been specifically …

Pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic aspects of drugs used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

M Noetzli, CB Eap - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2013 - Springer
With the aging population and its rapidly increasing prevalence, dementia has become an
important public health concern in developed and developing countries. To date, the …

Discovery and structure–activity relationships of a highly selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor by structure-based virtual screening

SN Dighe, GS Deora, E De la Mora… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Structure-based virtual screening of two libraries containing 567 981 molecules was used to
discover novel, selective BuChE inhibitors, which are potentially superior symptomatic …

A new therapeutic approach in Alzheimer disease: some novel pyrazole derivatives as dual MAO-B inhibitors and antiinflammatory analgesics

N Gökhan-Kelekçi, S Yabanoğlu, E Küpeli… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2007 - Elsevier
The increasing life expectancy in our population makes Alzheimer's disease (AD) a growing
public health problem. There is a great need to find a way to prevent and delay the disease …

Butyryl‐ and acetyl‐cholinesterase inhibitory activities in essential oils of Salvia species and their constituents

SU Savelev, EJ Okello, EK Perry - Phytotherapy Research: An …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
S. fruticosa and S. officinalis var. purpurea was evident. IC50 values decreased from
0.15±0.007 and 0.14±0.007 mg/mL after 5 min to 0.035±0.016 and 0.06±0.018 mg/mL after …

Resurrection and reactivation of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase

AJ Franjesevic, SB Sillart, JM Beck… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organophosphorus (OP) nerve agents and pesticides present significant threats to civilian
and military populations. OP compounds include the nefarious G and V chemical nerve …