Research Article

Phenolic Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and Enzyme Inhibitory Properties of Limonium delicatulum (Girard) Kuntze and Limonium quesadense Erben

Table 5

Enzyme inhibitory properties of L. delicatulum and L. quesadense extracts.

Plant speciesSolventsAChE inhibition (mg GALAE/g·DE)BChE inhibition (mg GALAE/g·DE)Tyrosinase (mg KAE/g·DE)Amylase (mmol ACAE/g·DE)Glucosidase (mmol ACAE/g·DE)Lipase (mg OE/g·DE)

L. delicatulumMeOH4.8 ± 0.7a3.5 ± 0.4a155.87 ± 0.01a0.95 ± 0.03b2.70 ± 0.01c27 ± 4b
H2O1.0 ± 0.2cna18.87 ± 0.01d0.08 ± 0.00c2.74 ± 0.01ana

L. quesadenseMeOH4.3 ± 0.2a2.63 ± 0.02b155.27 ± 0.01b1.00 ± 0.02b2.72 ± 0.01b65 ± 7a
H2O1.7 ± 0.2b0.86 ± 0.01c135.34 ± 0.01c1.5 ± 0.3anana

Values expressed are means ± SD of three parallel measurements. GALAE: galantamine equivalent; KAE: kojic acid equivalent; ACAE: acarbose equivalent; OE: orlistat equivalent; na: not active. Means in the same column not sharing the same letter are significantly different .