
Purification of dichloromethane extract of Hypecoum procumbens L. resulted in the isolation of four alkaloids including 8-methoxhy-11,12-methylenedieter (1), 8-acetonyl dihydro sanguinarine (2), oxohydrastin (3), deoxy protopine (4). The structure determination of the compounds achieved by spectral methods such as IR, UV, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, DEPT, HMBC, HSQC, COSY, ESI-MS.
The isolated compounds (1-4), were screened against AChE and BChEinhibitory activity. When tested against the AChE, compounds 1-4 displayed IC50 values of 1.13 μM, 1.80 μM, 0.92 μM, 0.88 µM, respectively. The IC50 values for BChEinhibition by compounds 1-4 were 6.81, 0.187, 4.9, 1.62 µM, respectively. Standard inhibitor (galanthamine) exhibited AChE and BChEinhibition with IC50 value of 3.5 μM and 36.0 μM, respectively.
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