Research Article

Inhibitory Activities of Stauntonia hexaphylla Leaf Constituents on Rat Lens Aldose Reductase and Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products and Antioxidant

Table 1

Inhibitory effect of crude extract and fractions of Stauntonia hexaphylla leaves on rat lens aldose reductase (RLAR), advanced glycation end products (AGEs), and antioxidant (DPPH).

Extract and fractionsIC50
RLARAGEsDPPH

Extract70% EtOH

FractionsHex>2000
CH2Cl2
EtOAc
n-BuOH
Water>50>500

Positive controls
L-ascorbic

IC50 value was defined as a mean ± SEM of half-maximal inhibitory concentration from three independent experiments performed in duplicate.
is the positive control for aldose reductase.
is the positive control for advanced glycation end products.
-ascorbic acid is the positive control for DPPH.