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cholinesterase activity

Known as: butyrylcholine esterase activity, acylcholine acylhydrolase activity, BtChoEase activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: an acylcholine + H2O = choline + a carboxylic acid anion. [EC:3.1.1.8]
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Stereoselectivities of enantiomers of huperzine A in protection against β-amyloid25–35-induced injury in PC12 and NG108-15 cells and cholinesterase inhibition in mice
1999
1999
Electrophysiological biomarkers of an organophosphorous pesticide, dichlorvos.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Correlation between signs of toxicity and some biochemical changes in rats poisoned by soman.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Plasma cholinesterase activity in newborns and infants
SummaryIn a group of 42 healthy newborns and infants to the age of 6 months, the hydrolysis rates of benzoylcholine and procaine… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
THE ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE SCIATIC NERVE OF THE RAT
Ultrastructural localization of cholinesterase activity was demonstrated in rat sciatic nerve using thiocholine esters as… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
COMPLETE PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE DEFICIENCY: GENETIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION.
The plasma enzyme pseudocholinesterase (acylcholine acyl hydrolase) is composed of a series of related glycoproteins that… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The determination of human-serum-cholinesterase activity with o-nitrophenyl butyrate.
Interference with the removal of oxaloacetate through citrate formation would naturally impair the catalytic oxidation of… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
Serum cholinesterase in health and disease.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Colorimetric estimation and histochemical demonstration of serum cholinesterase.
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
Histochemical Demonstration of Sites of Choline Esterase Activity.∗
  • G. Gomori
  • Proceedings of the Society for Experimental…
  • 1948
  • Corpus ID: 20301784
Summary Some choline esterases hydrolyze higher choline esters readily and they also survive to a demonstrable extent the… 
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