Inhibitory Potential of Five Traditionally Used Native Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants on α-Amylase, α-Glucosidase, Glucose Entrapment, and Amylolysis Kinetics In Vitro

Table 5

Glucose concentration in external solution and glucose diffusion retardation index of methanolic plant extracts after 4 h.

Plant extracts	Glucose concentration in external solution^1 (mM)	GDRI^2 (%)
EL	[0.785±0.022^c]	[13±2.44]
	(0.777±0.007^c)	(14±0.78)
EO	[0.679±0.007^c]	[25±0.78]
	(0.712±0.011^c)	(21±1.17)
AM	[0.681±0.021^c]	[25±2.35]
	(0.726±0.007^c)	(20±0.78)
SL	[0.640±0.014^c]	[29±1.56]
	(0.640±0.004^c)	(29±0.39)
FF	[0.738±0.020^c]	[19±2.18]
	(0.732±0.009^c)	(19±0.78)
Control	0.906±0.015	—

 ¹Values are mean ± SD of triplicate determinations; ^cvalues significantly (𝑃<0.05) different from negative control; ²GDRI expressed as percentage; GDRI ± SD was calculated from triplicate determinations; [] methanolic extracts; ( ) aqueous extracts.