Research Article

Evaluation of Antioxidant Potentials and α-Amylase Inhibition of Different Fractions of Labiatae Plants Extracts: As a Model of Antidiabetic Compounds Properties

Table 1

Total phenolic compounds and flavonoid contents of the plant extracts and their fractions ().

SamplesTotal phenol content
(mg GAE/g sample)
Total flavonoids content
(mg QUE/g sample)

Ethanol extractof Zm3.01 ± 0.064.73 ± 1.6
Petroleum ether fraction of Zm2.14 ± 0.049.14 ± 0.9
Chloroform fraction of Zm8.01 ± 0.081.06 ± 1.8
Ethyl acetate fraction of Zm17.21 ± 0.1218.19 ± 2.7
Butanol fraction of Zm12.28 ± 0.1112.88 ± 2.7

Ethanol extract of Op5.21 ± 0.1157.07 ± 1.0
Petroleum ether fraction of Op0.68 ± 0.073.51 ± 0.
Chloroform fraction of Op0.90 ± 0.0324.25 ± 1.2
Ethyl acetate fraction of Op7.07 ± 0.140.37 ± 1.0
Butanol fraction of Op2.81 ± 0.0338.29 ± 1.0

Zm: Zataria multiflora, Op: Otostegia persica; statistical differences shown as alphabetic letters. The same alphabetic letters implied there are no statistical differences, , and different letters represented statistical differences, .