Biological Activities of Aerial Parts Extracts of Euphorbia characias

Table 2

Inhibition of AChE and BChE by E. characias extracts.

Extracts		IC50 values (mg/mL)
		AChE	BChE
Leaves	Aqueous	4.2 ± 0.25	—
	Ethanolic	0.6 ± 0.056	0.39 ± 0.04
Stems	Aqueous	6.9 ± 0.71	—
	Ethanolic	5.8 ± 0.43	—
Flowers	Aqueous	5.25 ± 0.35	4.2 ± 0.39
	Ethanolic	0.6 ± 0.045	1.22 ± 0.08
Galantamine		0.27 ± 0.07 μg/mL	8.12 ± 0.61 μg/mL

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. Means followed by distinct letters in the same column are significantly different ().