AChE and BChE from human and rat showed marked speciesspecific differences in sensitivity to physostigmine and neostigmine.
Human AChE and BChE were found to be inhibited in a concentration dependent manner by physostigmine or neostigmine.
Neostigmine, but not physostigmine, showed a high selectivity for human AChE.
The inhibition curve of rat BChE showed no concentration-dependency for physostigmine or neostigmine.
The enzymatic assay enables a rapid and precise determination of ChE-activities in whole blood without sample pretreatment.