Open AccessIn vitro study on α-amylase inhibitory activity of an Indian medicinal plant, Phyllanthus amarus
Author(s) -
Iniyan G Tamil,
B Dineshkumar,
M Nandhakumar,
M. Senthilkumar,
Analava Mitra
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.70107
Subject(s) - acarbose , amylase , traditional medicine , phyllanthus , chloroform , chemistry , ethanol , petroleum ether , in vitro , ic50 , phyllanthus emblica , chromatography , absorbance , starch , alpha amylase , food science , biochemistry , enzyme , extraction (chemistry) , medicine
The objective of this study was to evaluate the α-amylase inhibitory activity of different extracts of Phyllanthus amarus against porcine pancreatic amylase in vitro.