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Cambridge University Press, Journal of Agricultural Science, 9(7)

DOI: 10.5539/jas.v7n9p26

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Screening Flavonoids for Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase Identified Baicalein as the Most Potent Inhibitor

Journal article published in 2015 by Azize Balkis, Khoa Tran, Yan Zhi Lee, Ken Ng ORCID
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Abstract

Screening phenolic and polyphenolic compounds for inhibitory activity against electric eels acetylcholinesterase (AChE) identified baicalein, a major flavone derived from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis, as the most potent inhibitor with IC50 (concentration required for 50% inhibition) of 0.61 µM. None of the hydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acids screened showed inhibitory activity measured at 100 µM. Structure-activity relationships based on IC50 values of the active flavonoids showed that inhibitory activity (a) required the unsaturated 2-phenyl-chroman structure, (b) has strong requirement for the A-ring A5-OH, A6-OH and A7-OH groups (b) does not depend on Bring hydroxyl groups, and (d) was reduced by bulky sugar substitution of the saturated C-ring C3-OH. Enzyme kinetic analysis showed that baicalein is a mixed inhibitor of AChE with K 1 (equilibrium constant of dissociation of the inhibitor bound enzyme complex) and K 2 (equilibrium constant of dissociation of the inhibitor bound enzyme-substrate complex) of 0.91 and 1.98 µM, respectively.