Optimisation of ultrasound assisted extraction of antiacetylcholinesterase and antioxidant compounds from manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) for use as a phytomedicine against alzheimer’s disease

• Main Authors: Hafiz Majid, Filipa V. M. Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Scion Publishing 2020
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29963/1/Optimisation%20of%20ultrasound%20assisted%20extraction%20of%20antiacetylcholinesterase%20and%20antioxidant%20compounds%20from%20manuka%20%28Leptospermum%20scoparium%29%20for%20use%20as%20a%20phytomedicine%20against%20alzheimer%E2%80%99s%20disease%20abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29963/2/Optimisation%20of%20ultrasound%20assisted%20extraction%20of%20antiacetylcholinesterase%20and%20antioxidant%20compounds%20from%20manuka.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29963/; https://nzjforestryscience.nz/index.php/nzjfs/article/view/103; https://doi.org/10.33494/nzjfs502020x103x
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Background: Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive mental deterioration related to ageing and senility. Approved drugs that inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme activity in the human brain are one of the ways to control the natural progression of this disease. The present study reports on the op...