Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Effect and Characterization of the Essential Oil of Plectranthus aegyptiacus (Forssk.) C. Chr. Growing in Nigeria

Christianah Abimbola Elusiyan¹, Idowu Olawuni², Tiwalade Adewale Olugbade^3*, Omolara Orafidiya⁴ and Armando McDonald⁵

¹Drug Research and Production Unit, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria

²Department of Biochemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria

³Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria

⁴Department of Pharmaceutics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria

⁵Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Perimeter Drive MS1132, Moscow, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Tiwalade Adewale Olugbade, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 220005 Osun-State, Nigeria, Tel: +2347038324641 Email: