期刊
FOOD CHEMISTRY
卷 141, 期 3, 页码 2170-2176出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.04.123
关键词
alpha-Amylase; alpha-Glucosidase; Antioxidant; Diabetes; Phenolics; Seaweed
资金
- Marine Institute and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, funded under the National Development Plan
To date, numerous studies have reported on the antidiabetic properties of various plant extracts through inhibition of carbohydrate-hydrolysing enzymes. The objective of this research was to evaluate extracts of seaweeds for alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase inhibitory effects. Cold water and ethanol extracts of 15 seaweeds were initially screened and from this, five brown seaweed species were chosen. The cold water and ethanol extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum had the strongest alpha-amylase inhibitory effect with IC50 values of 53.6 and 44.7 mu g/ml, respectively. Moreover, the extracts of Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus were found to be potent inhibitors of alpha-glucosidase with IC50 values of 0.32 and 0.49 mu g/ml. The observed effects were associated with the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of the extracts, and the concentrations used were below cytotoxic levels. Overall, our findings suggest that brown seaweed extracts may limit the release of simple sugars from the gut and thereby alleviate postprandial hyperglycaemia. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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