A Preliminary Survey of Some Midwestern Plants for Substances Inhibiting Human Plasma Cholinesterase in Vitro

Authors

Wallace H. Orgell, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Kunda A. Vaidya, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Eugene W. Hamilton, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Substances which inhibit the action of human plasma cholinesterase in vitro have been found in aqueous extracts of various members of the plant family Solanaceae. A preliminary survey of some weedy and cultivated midwestern representatives of this family revealed eleven active species in six genera: Datura, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solanum. A member each of the genera Capsicum and Lycium were inactive. Inhibitory substances were not found in thirty-one species representing nineteen plant families other than Solanaceae.

Publication Date

1959

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

66

Issue

1

First Page

149

Last Page

154

Copyright

©1959 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Orgell, Wallace H.; Vaidya, Kunda A.; and Hamilton, Eugene W. (1959) "A Preliminary Survey of Some Midwestern Plants for Substances Inhibiting Human Plasma Cholinesterase in Vitro," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 66(1), 149-154.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol66/iss1/20