Enzyme inhibition-based biosensors for food safety and environmental monitoring

A Amine, H Mohammadi, I Bourais… - Biosensors and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Analytical technology based on sensors is an extremely broad field which impacts on many
major industrial sectors such as the pharmaceutical, healthcare, food, and agriculture …

Inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase meet immunity

M Pohanka - International journal of molecular sciences, 2014 - mdpi.com
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are widely used for the symptomatic treatment of
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. More recent use is for myasthenia gravis. Many of …

Potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: potential drugs for Alzheimer's disease

H Akıncıoğlu, İ Gülçin - Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the cognitive or memory-related impairments occurring
with advancing age. Since its exact mechanism is not known, the full therapy has still not …

History and new developments of assays for cholinesterase activity and inhibition

Y Miao, N He, JJ Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The cholinesterases (ChE's) are key enzymes in a range of important areas such as
neurobiology, toxicology and pharmacology. Of these, two major groups …

Field-effect transistor-based biosensors for environmental and agricultural monitoring

G Elli, S Hamed, M Petrelli, P Ibba, M Ciocca, P Lugli… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The precise monitoring of environmental contaminants and agricultural plant stress factors,
respectively responsible for damages to our ecosystems and crop losses, has nowadays …

Analysis of biologically active compounds in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum), and jimson weed (Datura stramonium) seeds

M Friedman - Journal of Chromatography A, 2004 - Elsevier
Potatoes and tomatoes, members of the Solanaceae plant family, serve as major,
inexpensive low-fat food sources providing for energy, high-quality protein, fiber, vitamins …

Biosensors based on cholinesterase inhibition for insecticides, nerve agents and aflatoxin B1 detection

F Arduini, A Amine, D Moscone, G Palleschi - Microchimica Acta, 2010 - Springer
The present review reports the research carried out during last 9 years on biosensors based
on cholinesterase inhibition for nerve agents, organophosphorus and carbammic …

Enzyme biosensors based on ion-selective field-effect transistors

SV Dzyadevych, AP Soldatkin, V Anna, C Martelet… - Analytica chimica …, 2006 - Elsevier
The key theoretical principles of the work on ion-selective field-effect transistor connected
with their application in bioanalytical practice, some specifics of modern microtechnologies …

Why has butyrylcholinesterase been retained? Structural and functional diversification in a duplicated gene

G Johnson, SW Moore - Neurochemistry international, 2012 - Elsevier
While acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1. 1.7) has a clearly defined role in neurotransmission, the
functions of its sister enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (EC 3.1. 1.8) are more obscure …

Potato glycoalkaloids: true safety or false sense of security?

YI Korpan, EA Nazarenko, IV Skryshevskaya… - Trends in …, 2004 - cell.com
As one of the major agricultural crops, the cultivated potato is consumed each day by
millions of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. A product of global importance, the …