Antidiabetic Indian Plants: A Good Source of Potent Amylase Inhibitors

Table 1

Percent enzyme inhibition shown by plant extracts with pancreatic glucosidases.

Acarbose (40.43 ± 1.22)	% Glucosidases inhibition activity
	Methanol	Aqueous	Chloroform
Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel	ND	ND	83.93 ± 1.55*
Bougainvillea spectabilis	ND	55.31 ± 5.09	51.98 ± 6.07
Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.)	ND	76.27 ± 3.67**	ND
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	ND	ND	43.28 ± 1.48
Azadirachta indica Adr. Juss	ND	ND	ND
Linum usitatissimum (L.)	26.01 ± 3.18	61.67 ± 2.86**	ND

The table shows percent inhibition of pancreatic glucosidases using plant extracts. The data is indicated as the mean ± SEM; (n = 3). Two-tailed t-test was applied. Values with different asterisk (*, **) shows significant difference with (*) denoting more significant value, P <  .05, two-tailed student t-test. ND defines no enzyme inhibition.