Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (Jan 2019)

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 3-arylcoumarins as potential anti-Alzheimer's disease agents

  • Jie Yang,
  • Pingping Zhang,
  • Yuheng Hu,
  • Teng Liu,
  • Jie Sun,
  • Xiaojing Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14756366.2019.1574297
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 1
pp. 651 – 656

Abstract

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Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative illness, has the extremely complex pathogenesis. Accumulating evidence indicates there is a close relationship between several enzymes and Alzheimer's disease. Various substituted 3-arylcoumarin derivatives were synthesised, and their in vitro activity, including cholinesterase inhibitory activity, monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity, and antioxidant activity were investigated. Most of the compounds exhibited high activity; therefore 3-arylcoumarin compounds have the potential as drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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