Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of some Cameroonian medicinal plants used to treat some neurological disorders

Abstract Background: Besides the principal hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) which is accumulation of mis-folding protein in the brain; cholinergic deficit, neuro-inflammation and oxidative stress are also implicated the pathogenesis of the above-mentioned diseases. In the present study, different plant parts were collected in an ethnopharmacological survey carried out in the Noun Division (West Region, Cameroon). Methods: A total of 29 methylene chloride-m...
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