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      <journal-title>Scientific Research and Essays</journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1992-2248</issn>      <publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5897/SRE2013.5537</article-id>
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        <article-title><![CDATA[Exploring anti-acetylcholinesterase, antioxidant and metal chelating activities of extracts of Moringa oleifera L. for possible prevention and cure of Alzheimerâ€™s disease]]></article-title>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>Tahseen</surname>
            <given-names>Ghous</given-names>
	          </name>	
        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>Aamir</surname>
            <given-names>Rasheed</given-names>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>Kh.</surname>
            <given-names>Ansar Yasin</given-names>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>Faiz-ul-Hassan</surname>
            <given-names>Nasim</given-names>
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        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>FehmidaYounas</surname>
            <given-names></given-names>
	          </name>	
        		        	<name name-style="western">
	            <surname>Saiqa</surname>
            <given-names>Andleeb</given-names>
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		<corresp id="cor1">* E-mail: <email xlink:type="simple">tahseen.ghous@gmail.com</email></corresp>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2014</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
      	<day>15</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2014</year>
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			<day>07</day>
			<month>05</month>
			<year>2014</year>
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      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>11</issue>
	  	  <fpage>523</fpage>
	  <lpage>527</lpage>
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      <abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this research is to explore the natural flora of Kashmir for novel plant products for their possible applications in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimerrsquo;s disease (AD). In the current study, Moringa oleifera L. was selected for its possible memory-enhancing potential. Extracts of various parts of the plant were screened for anti-acetylcholinesterase, antioxidant and metal chelating activities. The data obtained clearly establish that impure fraction (MSC) obtained from methanolic shoot extract by silica-gel chromatography showed significant anti-AChE (IC50; 77.58  g/ml), antioxidant (IC50; 1.26  g/ml) and metal chelating potential (80%). Factions MSC1 (pure compound) and MSC2 obtained from MSC by thin layer chromatography (TLC) separation showed significant action against AChE activity with IC50 values of 64.53 and 120.38  g/ml, respectively. Methanolic leave extract has also shown significant anti-AChE activity (IC50; 77.32  g/ml) with weaker antioxidant potential (IC50; 127.27  g/ml). We conclude that methanolic shoot extracts of the plant with high anti-acetylcholiesterase and antioxidant activities may have AD therapeutic potential.

	 

	Key words: Moringa oleifera L., Alzheimerrsquo;s disease, anti-acetylcholinesterase, antioxidant activity.]]></abstract>
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