Molecules 2007, 12(7), 1447-1454; doi:10.3390/12071447
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Leufolins A and B, Potent Butyrylcholinesterase-inhibiting Flavonoid Glucosides from Leucas urticifolia

Atia-tun Noor 1 , Itrat Fatima 1 , Ijaz Ahmad 2 , Abdul Malik 1,* email, Nighat Afza 3 , Lubna Iqbal 3 , Mehreen Latif 3  and Sher Bahadar Khan 3
1 International Centre for Chemical Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan 2 Medicinal Botanic Centre, PCSIR Labs. Complex Peshawar, Peshawar, N.W.F.P, Pakistan 3 Pharmaceutical Research Centre, PCSIR Labs. Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 2 July 2007; in revised form: 12 July 2007 / Accepted: 12 July 2007 / Published: 19 July 2007
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Abstract: New flavonoidal glucosides leufolins A (1) and B (2), have been isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the whole plants of Leucas urticifolia. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance (1D and 2D NMR) spectral data. Both of these compounds exhiited significant inhibitory potential against the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase.
Keywords: Leucas urticifolia; Lamiaceae; Leufolin A; Leufolin B; Butyrylcholinesterase; Leucas urticifolia; Lamiaceae; Leufolin A; Leufolin B; Butyrylcholinesterase; Inhibitory activity

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Noor, A.-T.; Fatima, I.; Ahmad, I.; Malik, A.; Afza, N.; Iqbal, L.; Latif, M.; Khan, S.B. Leufolins A and B, Potent Butyrylcholinesterase-inhibiting Flavonoid Glucosides from Leucas urticifolia. Molecules 2007, 12, 1447-1454.

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Noor A-T, Fatima I, Ahmad I, Malik A, Afza N, Iqbal L, Latif M, Khan SB. Leufolins A and B, Potent Butyrylcholinesterase-inhibiting Flavonoid Glucosides from Leucas urticifolia. Molecules. 2007; 12(7):1447-1454.

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Noor, Atia-tun; Fatima, Itrat; Ahmad, Ijaz; Malik, Abdul; Afza, Nighat; Iqbal, Lubna; Latif, Mehreen; Khan, Sher B. 2007. "Leufolins A and B, Potent Butyrylcholinesterase-inhibiting Flavonoid Glucosides from Leucas urticifolia." Molecules 12, no. 7: 1447-1454.

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