Anticholinesterase Activity of Eight Medicinal Plant Species: In Vitro and In Silico Studies in the Search for Therapeutic Agents against Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 1

Details of the plant species used in this study along with its traditional uses.

Botanical name	Family	Common name	Local name (tribal name)	Parts used	Habitat	Solvent used for extraction	Traditional uses	Accession number
Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.	Compositae	Lettuce-Leaf Blumea	Kukursunga, shialmutra	Leaves	Herb	Acetone	Neurological disorder [10], inflammation [11], stimulant, spasm, fever, bronchitis, burning sensation, and dysentery [9]	BL-07052016-7842
Byttneria pilosa Roxb.	Malvaceae	Not known	Harjora	Leaves	Climber	Methanol	Antidote of snake poisoning [12], bone fracture, scabies, and elephantiasis [13]	BP-10122013-10578
Clerodendrum infortunatum L. (syn.: Clerodendrum viscosum)	Lamiaceae	Glory bower	Bhat	Leaves	Undershrub	Acetone	Paralysis [14], snakebite [12], tonic, pain, tumor, skin diseases, cough, and jaundice [9]	CV-20180321-04
Cyclea barbata Miers	Menispermaceae	Green grass jelly plant	Patalpur (Chakma, Tanchangya)	Leaves	Shrub	Acetone-water (70 : 30)	Headache, epilepsy, allergy, asthma, lipoma, tetanus, and throat sore [9]	CB-07052015-4974
Mikania micrantha Kunth	Compositae	Bitter vine	Assam lata	Leaves	Climber	Methanol	Snakebite [12], ulcer, hemorrhage, and wound [9]	MM-03102016-4985
Smilax guianensis Vitman (Smilax macrophylla Roxb.)	Smilacaceae	Indian sarsaparilla	Kumarilata, Kumarika	Leaves	Climber	Methanol	Memory loss [15], pain, venereal diseases, sores, abscess, rheumatism, and gonorrhea [9]	SQ-04092016-5610
Spermacoce articularis L.f. (Borreria articularis F.N. Will.)	Rubiaceae	Shaggy buttonweed	Madnabata kadu	Leaves	Herb	Methanol	Headache [16], inflammation, blindness, earache, and spleen complaints [9]	SA-04092016-5632
Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.	Acanthaceae	Bengal clockvine	Nillata	Leaves	Climber	Acetone-water (70 : 30)	Hysteria, dysentery, cataract, diabetes, gout, hydrocele, and rheumatism [14]	TG-04092016-5608