PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF AQUEOUS AND ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS AND IN -VITRO STUDY OF INHIBITION OF α- AMYLASE
AbstractIn the present study we screened four medicinal plants for the α-amylase inhibitory activity of each extracts phytochemicals, and it was determined based on the colorimetric assay using acarbose as a reference compound. The aqueous and ethanol extracts of the medicinal plants viz. Enicostemma littorale, Achyranthes aspera, Abutilon indicium, and Tridax procumbens were shown moderate α-amylase inhibitory activity against a reference, an account of that Achyranthes aspera shows potent activity towards remaining. Not only leaves but also the whole plant is used for comparative in-vitro study of inhibition of α- amylase activity.
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501-506
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English
IJP
R. P. Mahajan, R. R. Mahire and D. H. More*
School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India.
dhmore@rediffmail.com
23 March 2014
14 June 2014
28 July 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.1(8).501-506
01 August 2014