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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dighe SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726787 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS omega 20201124 48
Cholinesterases (ChE) are well-known drug targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In continuation of work to develop novel cholinesterase inhibitors, we utilized a structure-based scaffold repurposing approach and discovered six novel ChE inhibitors from our recently developed DNA gyrase inhibitor library. Among the identified hits, two compounds (denoted <b>3</b> and <b>18</b>) were found to be the most potent inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE, IC<sub>50</sub> = 6.10 ± 1.01 ...[more]