New insights into the biological properties of Crocus sativus L.: chemical modifications, human monoamine oxidases inhibition and molecular modeling studies
作者:Celeste De Monte、Simone Carradori、Paola Chimenti、Daniela Secci、Luisa Mannina、Francesca Alcaro、Anél Petzer、Clarina I. N'Da、Maria Concetta Gidaro、Giosuè Costa、Stefano Alcaro、Jacobus P. Petzer
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.05.048
日期:2014.7
on the human monoamineoxidases (hMAO-A and hMAO-B), enzymes which are involved in mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, have not yet been investigated. We have thus examined the hMAO inhibitory activities of crocin and safranal (the most important active principles in saffron) and, subsequently, designed a series of safranal derivatives to evaluate which chemicalmodifications confer enhanced