Mulberry fruit is thought as a healthy sweetener because it contains iminosugars, such 1-deoxynojirimycin (1-DNJ), fagomine and 2-O-α-D-galactopyranosyl deoxynojirimycin (GAL-DNJ), that inhibits α-glucosidase. In this study, we quantified iminosugars glucose concentrations in Morus australis foods analyzed their inhibitory effects against the activities of α-glucosidase-related four enzymes, ma...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognized as a serious global health problem that is characterized by high blood sugar levels. Type 2 DM is more common in diabetic populations. In this type of DM, inhibition of α-glucosidase is a useful treatment to delay the absorption of glucose after meals. As a megabiodiversity country, Indonesia still has a lot of potential unexploited forests to be developed a...

In order to investigate polymeric flavonoids, the polycondensate of catechin with glyoxylic acid (PCG) was prepared and its chemically antioxidant, cellular antioxidant (CAA) and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities were evaluated. The DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities and antiproliferative effect of PCG were lower than those of catechin, while PCG had higher CAA activity than catechin...

Sargassum serratifolium C. Agardh (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) is a marine brown alga that belongs to the family Sargassaceae. It is widely distributed throughout coastal areas of Korea and Japan. S. serratifolium has been found to contain high concentrations of plastoquinones, which have strong anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neuroprotective activity. This study aims to investigate...

Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disease. The nature has a plentiful sources as a remeady for this slow-killing condition. The aim of the present to assess the medicinal plants for anti-diabetic activity by using -amylase and -glucosidase inhibition assay. Anti-diabeticactivities of medicinal plants weredetermined by -amylase and -glucosidase inhibition assay. Results revealed that methono...

Abscisic acid conjugate concentrations increased in barley xylem sap under salinity, whereas it remained at a low level in the intercellular washing fluid (IWF) of barley primary leaves (Hordeum vulgare cv. Gerbel). Here it is shown that IWF contains beta-glucosidase activity which releases abscisic acid (ABA) from the physiologically inactive ABA-glucose conjugate pool in the leaf apoplast. Th...

The potent α-glucosidase inhibitor (compound I) was isolated from coffee brews by the activity-based fractionation and identified as a β-carboline alkaloid norharman (9H-pyrido[ 3.4-b]indole) on the basis of mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra ((1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, and COSY). The norharman showed a potent inhibition against α-glucosidase enzyme in a concentration dependent ...

There has been an enormous interest in the development of alternative medicines for type 2 diabetes, specifically screening for phytochemicals with the ability to delay or prevent glucose absorption. The goal of the present study was to provide in vitro evidence for potential inhibition of α-glucosidase and α-amylase enzymes, followed by a confirmatory in vivo study on rats to generate a strong...

Fruits of the plant Ficus Lacor Buch. Ham. were used traditionally for treatment diabetes mellitus. The present study was undertaken to evaluate antidiabetic potential using in vitro approach. Effect evaluated α/β -glucosidase, α-amylase and lipase enzyme inhibition assay methods. glucose absorption intestine everted rat jejunum while uptake isolated hemidiaphragm. Fruit cork ethanolic extract ...