Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy of Donepezil, an Alzheimer's Disease Drug, by (Retz.) Sw. and Its Phytochemicals.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and a significant concern to global public health due to the prevalence of aging populations. Donepezil is one of only a few medications approved for use as an anti-AD agent but all have adverse side effects. Reducing the dosage of AD drugs with plant extracts (phytotherapy) while maintaining efficacy is one strategy to minimize adverse side effects.

Dual functional WO/BiVO heterostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting and glycerol degradation.

Dual functional heterojunctions of tungsten oxide and bismuth vanadate (WO/BiVO) photoanodes are developed and their applications in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting and mineralization of glycerol are demonstrated. The thin-film WO/BiVO photoelectrode was fabricated by a facile hydrothermal method. The morphology, chemical composition, crystalline structure, chemical state, and optical absorption properties of the WO/BiVO photoelectrodes were characterized systematically.