| Title |
Potent α-amylase inhibitory activity of Indian Ayurvedic medicinal plants
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-11-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sudha P, Smita S Zinjarde, Shobha Y Bhargava, Ameeta R Kumar |
| Abstract |
Indian medicinal plants used in the Ayurvedic traditional system to treat diabetes are a valuable source of novel anti-diabetic agents. Pancreatic α-amylase inhibitors offer an effective strategy to lower the levels of post-prandial hyperglycemia via control of starch breakdown. In this study, seventeen Indian medicinal plants with known hypoglycemic properties were subjected to sequential solvent extraction and tested for α-amylase inhibition, in order to assess and evaluate their inhibitory potential on PPA (porcine pancreatic α-amylase). Preliminary phytochemical analysis of the lead extracts was performed in order to determine the probable constituents. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | <1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 584 | 97% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 97 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 65 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 63 | 10% |
| Researcher | 59 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 114 | 19% |
| Unknown | 175 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 148 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 54 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 50 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 38 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 6% |
| Other | 75 | 12% |
| Unknown | 199 | 33% |
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