Anticholinesterase activity of a new carbamate, heptylphysostigmine, in view of its use in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia.
The anticholinesterase activity of a new carbamate, heptylphysostigmine, was studied in vitro. This compound is a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (or true cholinesterase) having Ki = (1 +/- 0.5) X 10(-7) M. The inhibition was instantaneous at the onset and did not diminish with prolonged incubation of the drug and enzyme.
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D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004524:Eels; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; C052450:physostigmine heptyl; D010830:Physostigmine; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase