“…The search for AChE inhibitors has been biased towards alkaloids (Elgorashi and Van Staden, ; Elgorashi et al , ; Houghton et al , ; Adewusi et al , ), even though other phytochemicals such as sterols, terpenoids, oils, flavonoids and other phenolic compounds have also been suggested, and in some instances, shown to possess anti‐AChE properties (Ji and Zhang, ; Sacan and Yanardag, ). Besides alkaloids (Elgorashi et al , ; Houghton et al , ; Nair et al , ; Nair and Van Staden, ), coumarins (Kang et al , ; Fallarero et al , ; Senol et al , ; Adhami et al , ) and other compounds such as 5‐HMF (Liu et al , ; Zhao et al , ) and flavonoids (Maryam et al , ) have been shown to exhibit AChE inhibitory properties. The present study explored the main phenolic acids and flavonoid constituents in the different parts of C .…”