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What does acetylcholinesterase mean?

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  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
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Other symptoms, such as decrease in acetylcholinesterase, are more specific to a certain pesticide, for example, ogranophosphate exposure.
Most modern synthetic organophosphorus compounds are tailor-made to inhibit acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme essential for life in humans and other animal species.
Sage oil inhibits an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase, whose normal job is to break down the chemical messenger acetylcholine.
Acetylcholine is rapidly destroyed by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase and thus is effective only briefly.
Proposed Action: Inhibits acetylcholinesterase action which will increase the level of acetylcholine in the brain.
There was no aldicarb-related mortality or clinical signs of acetylcholinesterase inhibition.

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