According to The World Alzheimer Report 2023 by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) estimates that 33 to 38.5 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). A crucial hallmark associated with this disease is associated with the deficiency of the brain neurotransmitter acetylcholine, due to an affected acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. Marine organisms synthesize several classes of compou...
Croton nepetaefolius Baill is the aromatic plant native to northeast of Brazil popularly known as “marmeleiro sabiá”. It is used in folk medicine as a stomachic, a carminative and for the treatment of intestinal colic. A total of 26 compounds were obtained by hydrodistillation and identified by GC - MS and CG - FID in the three essential oils samples , being 5 monoterpenes (36.9%), 7 sesquiterpenes (31.8%) and ...