Screening for α-amylase Inhibitory Activities of Woody Plants

  • Lee, Wi Young (Div. Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Young Ki (Div. Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Park, So Young (Div. Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Ahn, Jin Kwon (Div. Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
  • Received : 2004.03.30
  • Accepted : 2004.06.17
  • Published : 2004.11.25

Abstract

Inhibitors of α-amylase are important for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. Using enzyme inhibitor's activity, ethanolic extracts of 87 species in 12 families were screened and compared their inhibitory effect on α-amylase, As a results, we can find that extracts of Distylium racemosum, Acer tegmentosum, Corylapsis veitchiana, Cornus walteri and Corylapsis spicata showed higher α-amylase inhibitory activities than the others and have potential possibility of using control agents for carbohydrate-dependent disease.

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