Research Article

Porcine Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitory Agent Isolated from Medicinal Herb and Inhibition Kinetics of Extracts from Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner

Table 2

Yield and PPL inhibitory activity of E. indica crude methanolic extract and solvent fractions.

Yield (g/100 g
crude extract)
PPL inhibition
(%)

Crude methanolic extract25.05 ± 3.58c
Hexane fraction34.16 ± 7.5327.01 ± 5.68c
Dichloromethane fraction0.98 ± 0.4725.57 ± 3.26c
Ethyl acetate fraction1.40 ± 0.4710.38 ± 2.73b
Butanol fraction9.72 ± 2.365.23 ± 2.29a
Aqueous fraction52.78 ± 4.374.18 ± 1.91a
Orlistat34.49 ± 5.39d

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, values. The concentration of the tested extract against PPL was 100 μg/mL. Statistically significant effects were compared using one-way ANOVA (Tukey’s post-hoc test), where different letters in superscripts indicated significance at .