Five novel tacrine-ferulic acid hybrid compounds (8a-e) were synthesized and their structures were identified on the basis of a detailed spectroscopic analysis. The activities of inhibiting acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) and butyryl cholinesterase (BuChE), reducing self-induced β-Amyloid (Aβ) aggregation and chelating Cu2+ were evaluated in vitro. Among them, 8c and 8d displayed the higher selectivity in inhibiting AChE over BuChE. Moreover, 8d also showed dramatic inhibition of self-Aβ aggregation, activity of chelating Cu2+ and activity against Aβ-induced neurotoxicity in Neuro-2A cells.
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Fu, Y., Mu, Y., Lei, H., Wang, P., Li, X., Leng, Q., … Huang, X. (2016). Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel tacrine-ferulic acid hybrids as multifunctional drug candidates against Alzheimer’s disease. Molecules, 21(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21101338