Anti-cholinesterase activity of lycopodium alkaloids from Vietnamese Huperzia squarrosa (Forst.) Trevis

Molecules. 2014 Nov 19;19(11):19172-9. doi: 10.3390/molecules191119172.

Abstract

A series of Lycopodium alkaloids, namely lycosquarosine A (1), acetylaposerratinine (2), huperzine A (3), huperzine B (4), 8α-hydrophlemariurine B (5), and huperzinine (6), has been isolated from Vietnamese Huperzia squarrosa. Among them, lycosquarosine A (1) is the new metabolite of the natural source. Lycosquarosine A completely inhibited AChE activity in a dose dependent manner with an IC50 value of 54.3 μg/mL, while acetylaposerratinine (2) showed stronger inhibitory activity than 1 with an IC50 value of 15.2 µg/mL. This result indicates that these alkaloids may be a potent source of AChE inhibitors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Huperzia / chemistry*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lycopodium / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • huperzine A
  • huperzine B
  • huperzinine