Alpha-Amylase Inhibition and Antioxidative Capacity of Some Antidiabetic Plants Used by the Traditional Healers in Southeastern Nigeria

Table 3

Percentage α-amylase inhibition of the selected antidiabetic plants.

Plant extract	Part used	% inhibition
Chlorophora excels	Root	32.75
Strophanthus hispidus	Root	−62.56
Picralima nitida	Seed	24.44
Persea Americana	Seed	15.64
Loranthus micranthus	Leaf	6.35
Ceiba pentandra	Leaf	5.86
Synsepalum dulcificum	Leaf	28.35
Anthocleista djalonensis	Leaf	7.82
Anacardium occidentale	Leaf	26.39

Percentage inhibition was calculated at  min as 100  −  % reaction, whereby the % reaction = (mean maltose in sample/mean maltose in control) × 100.