{"title":"Apocynaceae as a Potential Source for Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition in\u0000Symptomatic Regulation and Management of Alzheimer's Disease","authors":"Priyanka Kumari, N. Sarwa, Deepak Meena, Ajaya Easha, Navneet Singh Chaudhary","doi":"10.2174/0115734080296802240528073027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0115734080296802240528073027","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Memory loss or dementia is the key symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, significant interference in a progressive manner is observed in memory, behaviour, and cognitive abilities that affect the daily life of a person. At present, more than 50 million people are affected\u0000worldwide with Alzheimer's disease. Urgent attention is needed for the symptomatic regulation and\u0000management of this disease. The significant pharmacotherapy research in the last two decades gave\u0000only four drug compounds galanthamine, donepezil, rivastigmine, and memantine that inhibit the\u0000enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) to elevate the availability of acetylcholine in the brain for\u0000symptomatic relief in AD patients. Plant-based AChE inhibitors from many plant families, mainly\u0000including Rutaceae, Papaveraceae, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Liliaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, etc., have been characterized for the management of AD progression.\u0000AD progression is described by cholinergic, amyloid, Tau protein, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammatory hypothesis. To date, there is no comprehensive review in the literature that combined all\u0000plants of the Apocynaceae family showing anti-AChE activity. Therefore, the current review aims to\u0000present significant literature, especially on plant-derived compounds from the Apocynaceae family\u0000that inhibit AChE. The review compiled all plants showing potent anti-acetylcholinesterase activity.\u0000The anti-AChE activity of more than 30 plants is described, which may be potential targets to find\u0000new drug molecules by attracting the attention of researchers toward the Apocynaceae family. More\u0000than 8 species of genus Tabernaemontana of Apocynaceae have been investigated for indole alkaloids, demonstrating AChE inhibitory activity. The majority of anti-AChE compounds belong to the\u0000class of alkaloids.\u0000","PeriodicalId":35405,"journal":{"name":"Current Enzyme Inhibition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141655452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}