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ArticleJournal of natural medicines2021

Amyloid β aggregation inhibitory activity of triterpene saponins from the cactus Stenocereus pruinosus.

Koji Fujihara, Takuya Shimoyama, Ryo Kawazu, Hiroaki Sasaki, Kiyotaka Koyama, Kunio Takahashi, Kaoru Kinoshita

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Article in Journal of natural medicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Koji FujiharaDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Takuya ShimoyamaDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Ryo KawazuDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Hiroaki SasakiDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Kiyotaka KoyamaDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Kunio TakahashiDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
Kaoru KinoshitaDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan. kaoru@my-pharm.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-1625
Meiji Pharmaceutical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Six new triterpene saponins (1-5,7) and 3 known saponins (6,8,9) were isolated from MeOH extracts of the cactus Stenocereus pruinosus. The structures of the isolated saponins were elucidated using MS, IR, and comprehensive NMR measurements. To develop drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) on the basis of the amyloid cascade hypothesis, the isolated saponins were evaluated for inhibition of BACE1 activity and amyloid beta (Aβ) aggregation using thioflavin-T assay, and triterpenes as an aglycone moiety and an alkaline hydrolysate of the saponins were also evaluated. One saponin, stenoside A (7), exhibited inhibitory activity related to Aβ aggregation and its degree of Aβ aggregation was 40.6% at 100 μM.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCactaceaeHumansSaponinsTriterpenesAmyloid beta-PeptidesSaponinsTriterpenesAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid betaBACE1CactusSaponinsStenocereus pruinosus

Identifiers

PMID33231837
PMCPMC7684148
OpenAlexW3109144182

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