BCHE and neurodegenerative disease: Furthermore, the evaluation of inhibitory activity on cholinesterase enzymes (AChE and BChE), as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases, was reported in species of the genera Allocetraria, Asahinea, Cetraria, Dactylina, Nephromopsis, Tuckermannopsis, Tuckneraria and Vulpicida [23].