butyrylthiocholine chloride (BCh), electric eel AChE (EC 3.1.1.7),
horse serum BChE (EC 3.1.1.8), 5,5′-dithiobis[2-nitrobenzoic
acid], quercetin, and berberine were purchased from E. Merck, Fluka,
or Sigma, unless otherwise stated. BACE1 fluorescence resonance energy
transfer (FRET) assay kits (β-secretase) were purchased from
Pan Vera Co. (Madison, WI). Human recombinant GSK-3β was obtained
from ProSpec (ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene Ltd., Ness-Ziona, Israel). The
GSM substrate mimicking muscle glycogen synthase was purchased from
Merck Millipore (Millipore Corporation, CA). Kinase-Glo kits were
obtained from Promega (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI). Adenosine
5-triphosphate (ATP) disodium salt hydrate, ammonium hydroxide, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)
piperazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), ammonium acetate, formic
acid, ethylene glycol-bis(aminoethylether)-N,N,N,N-tetra acetic acid
tetra sodium salt (EGTA), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethylenediaminetetraacetic
acid (EDTA), amyloid-β protein fragments (Aβ1–40/42), thioflavin T, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP), and magnesium
acetate tetrahydrate were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis,
MO). All chemicals and solvents from commercial sources were of reagent
grade.