Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences@PUK by Subject "Isatin"

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Inhibition of monoamine oxidase by C5-substituted phthalimide analogues

Bergh, Jacobus Johannes; Petzer, Jacobus Petrus; Manley-King, Clarina Ilara (Elsevier, 2011)

Literature reports that isatin as well as C5- and C6-substituted isatin analogues are reversible inhibitors of human monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B. In general, C5- and C6-substitution of isatin leads to enhanced ...
Novel sulfanylphthalimide analogues as highly potent inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B

Petzer, Jacobus Petrus; Petzer, Anél; Terre'Blanche, Gisella; Van der Walt, Mietha Magdalena (Elsevier, 2012)

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) plays an essential role in the catabolism of neurotransmitter amines. The two isoforms of this enzyme, MAO-A and -B, are considered to be drug targets for the therapy of depression and neurodegenerative ...