Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123365
Keywords
-glucosidase; Boesenbergia rotunda; advanced glycation end-products; methylglyoxal; pinocembrin; structure-activity relationship; diabetes
Funding
- Thailand Research Fund [DBG 5980001]
- Graduate School of Chulalongkorn University
- Chulalongkorn University
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease that is caused by a malfunction of carbohydrate metabolism, which plays an important role in the development of long-term diabetic complications. The excess glucose can be transformed to methylglyoxal (MG), a potential precursor of glycation. Glycation is a spontaneous non-enzymatic reaction that initially yields advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which ultimately triggers several severe complications. Therefore, the inhibition of AGEs formation is the imperative approach for alleviating diabetic complications. The aim of this research was to investigate the glycation and -glucosidase inhibitory abilities of compounds isolated from fingerroot. The dichloromethane extract afforded three flavanones, two chalcones, two dihydrochalcones, and one kavalactone. Most of the isolated compounds showed higher inhibition effect against AGEs formation than aminoguanidine (AG). Subsequent evaluation in MG-trapping assay indicated that their trapping potency was relatively comparable to AG. Their structure-activity relationships (SAR) of MG-trapping activity were investigated using the comparison of the structures of flavonoids. In addition, pinocembrin displayed moderate -glucosidase inhibition against both maltase and sucrose, with IC50 values of 0.35 +/- 0.021 and 0.39 +/- 0.020 mM, respectively.
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