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cholinesterase


  • n  an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)

  • Van Someren also notes that the gain in cognitive test scores is the same benefit that Alzheimer's patients can expect from taking cholinesterase inhibitors, which stall the advent .
  • Four years ago, while studying cholinesterase, he stumbled on a chemical, nicknamed PAM, which proved an effective antidote to deadly nerve gases.
  • In the near future, two new cholinesterase inhibitors, ENA 713 (Exelon) and metrifonate, are expected to become available.

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