Research Article

Selectivity of Dietary Phenolics for Inhibition of Human Monoamine Oxidases A and B

Table 1

Selectivity of phenolic compounds for MAO-A and MAO-B.

MAO-AMAO-BSelectivity Index
IC50 (µM)Hill coefficientIC50 (µM)Hill coefficient

curcumin12.9 ± 1.32.0 ± 0.46.30 ± 0.111.7 ± 0.10.488
guaiacol131 ± 61.0322 ± 271.02.46
isoeugenol3.72 ± 0.201.2 ± 0.1102 ± 52.4 ± 0.327.4
pterostilbene13.4 ± 1.51.7 ± 0.30.138 ± 0.0131.00.0103
resveratrol0.313 ± 0.008 1.1 ± 0.015.8 ± 1.31.6 ± 0.250.5
zingerone16.3 ± 1.11.0