Antidiabetic Indian Plants: A Good Source of Potent Amylase Inhibitors

Table 2

Percent enzyme inhibition shown by plant extracts with small intestinal glucosidases.

Acarbose (ND)	% Glucosidases inhibition activity
	Methanol	Aqueous	Chloroform
Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel	43.71 ± 2.42	ND	60.99 ± 3.20**
Bougainvillea spectabilis	ND	ND	ND
Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.)	ND	ND	ND
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	ND	ND	44.37 ± 1.92*
Azadirachta indica Adr. Juss	41.7 ± 2.97**	62.43 ± 3.35*	ND
Linum usitatissimum (L.)	ND	ND	ND

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