Study on Three Sarcocapnos Species as Potential Sources of Bioactive Compounds: Relation between Phenolic Content and Bioactivity by Multivariate Analysis

Table 7

Enzyme inhibitory properties of the extracts of S. enneaphylla (SE), S. pulcherrima (SP), and S. saetabensis (SS), each one from two different locations, extracted in methanol and water.

Samples			AChE inhibition (mg GALAE/g)	BChE inhibition (mg GALAE/g)	Tyrosinase inhibition (mg KAE/g)	Amylase inhibition (mmol ACAE/g)	Glucosidase inhibition (mmol ACAE/g)
S. enneaphylla	MeOH	SE1	3.50 ± 0.03^d	20.8 ± 0.9^abc	143 ± 3^a	0.61 ± 0.03^a	2.82 ± 0.01^ab
		SE2	4.5 ± 0.4^c	20.8 ± 0.3^abc	140.5 ± 0.2^a	0.55 ± 0.03^ab	3.11 ± 0.03^a
	H2O	SE1	3.6 ± 0.2^d	13 ± 2^fg	42 ± 5^c	0.08 ± 0.01^c	na
		SE2	4.18 ± 0.07^c	16 ± 1^def	43 ± 3^c	0.08 ± 0.01^c	na
S. pulcherrima	MeOH	SP1	4.97 ± 0.07^ab	21.7 ± 0.8^ab	140 ± 3^a	0.51 ± 0.01^b	2.1 ± 0.3^c
		SP2	3.2 ± 0.1^d	22.0 ± 0.6^ab	142.46 ± 0.08^a	0.57 ± 0.04^ab	2.5 ± 0.2^b
	H2O	SP1	2.7 ± 0.2^e	17.3 ± 0.8^cdef	57 ± 5^b	0.10 ± 0.01^c	na
		SP2	3.28 ± 0.04^d	10 ± 3^g	39 ± 2^c	0.09 ± 0.01^c	na
S. saetabensis	MeOH	SS1	4.19 ± 0.01^c	22.2 ± 0.2^a	144.2 ± 0.8^a	0.59 ± 0.06^a	2.87 ± 0.01^ab
		SS2	5.2 ± 0.3^a	20 ± 2^abcd	142.2 ± 0.8^a	0.59 ± 0.01^a	2.1 ± 0.2^c
	H2O	SS1	4.64 ± 0.07^bc	15 ± 1^ef	44 ± 3^c	0.08 ± 0.01^c	na
		SS2	4.60 ± 0.07^bc	18 ± 1^bcde	46.2 ± 0.7^c	0.08 ± 0.01^c	na

Values expressed are mean ± S.D. of three parallel measurements; AChE: acetylcholinesterase; BChE: butyrylcholinesterase; GALAE: galantamine equivalent; KAE: kojic acid equivalent; ACAE: acarbose equivalent; na: not active. Different letters indicate significant differences in the extracts ().