Research Article

Determination of the Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Enzyme Inhibitory Activity of Onosma mollis DC

Table 4

Enzyme inhibition activity of O. mollis extracts.

Enzyme inhibitory activityEtOAcMeOHWaterGalantamineKojic acidAcarbose

AChE inhibition(IC50: mg/mL)1.11 ± 0.03a1.41 ± 0.04a11.54 ± 1.08b0.004 ± 0.0003a
(mg GALAEs/g extracts)2.75 ± 0.06a2.16 ± 0.06b0.26 ± 0.03c

BChE inhibition(IC50: mg/mL)1.49 ± 0.01a6.72 ± 0.26b>20.00c0.006 ± 0.0001a
(mg GALAEs/g extracts)3.75 ± 0.04a0.83 ± 0.03b0.26 ± 0.01c

Tyrosinase inhibition(IC50: mg/mL)3.66 ± 0.01c2.94 ± 0.19b4.54 ± 0.34c0.31 ± 0.01a
(mg KAEs/g extracts)73.34 ± 0.21b91.61 ± 5.98a59.26 ± 4.42c

α-Amylase inhibition(IC50: mg/mL)2.63 ± 0.01b2.08 ± 0.04b16.88 ± 0.30c1.06 ± 0.03a
(mgACEs/g extracts)399.44 ± 2.17b504.24 ± 9.45a59.80 ± 1.12c

α-Glucosidase inhibition(IC50: mg/mL)1.07 ± 0.01a1.55 ± 0.02b4.12 ± 0.07c1.65 ± 0.07b
(mgACEs/g extracts)1630.61 ± 10.78a1123.62 ± 15.90b423.06 ± 7.22c

GALAEs: galantamine equivalent. KAEs: Kojic acid equivalent. ACEs: Acarbose equivalent. The different superscripts within the same row are different statistically at a 5% significance level.