About the Authors

Haoues Alout

Current address: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR016, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Montpellier, France

Pierrick Labbé

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Montpellier, France

Arnaud Berthomieu

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Montpellier, France

Luc Djogbénou

Affiliation Institut Régional de Santé Publique/Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin

Jean-Paul Leonetti

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5236, Centre d'étude d'agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Montpellier, France

Philippe Fort

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Montpellier, France

Mylène Weill

mylene.weill@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliations Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Montpellier, France, CNRS UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

Pending is an international patent entitled “Use of compounds derived pyrimidinetrione as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, composition containing said derivatives, and the uses thereof”, registered 10 February 2006 under the number 11/816,032. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA J-PL PF MW. Performed the experiments: HA PL AB MW. Analyzed the data: HA PL J-PL PF MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-PL LD MW. Wrote the paper: HA PL PF MW.