OBJECTIVES One strategy for the treatment of diabetes is inhibition of pancreatic α- amylase. Plants contains different chemical constituents with potential for inhibition of α-amylase and hence maybe used as therapeutic. MATERIALS AND METHODS Urtica dioica and Juglans regia Linn were tested for α-amylase inhibition. Different concentrations of leaf aqueous extracts were incubated with enzyme...

C first walnut trees and orchards were planted during the Spanish mission period (around 1800), using seedlings of early varieties of Persian or English walnut (Juglans regia) chosen for their superior growth and nut quality. Since the 1890s, walnut trees in California have been propagated by grafting or budding desired cultivars onto rootstocks chosen for their adaptation to different physical...

Bu çalışmada Türkiye orijinli dört ceviz çeşidinden (Şebin, Bilecik, Kaman, Yalova-3) alınan meyvelerin fenolik madde içerikleri, antioksidan ve serbest radikal giderme aktiviteleri araştırılmıştır. Meyvelerdeki toplam miktarı 7.16-13.95 mg GAE g-1 arasında flavonoid 0.73-1.11 mgQE belirlenmiştir. Hem hem de maddenin en yüksek Yalova-3 çeşidinde tespit edilmiştir. Ceviz meyvelerinin aktivitesin...