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FOOD CHEMISTRY
卷 108, 期 3, 页码 965-972出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.12.002
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alpha-glucosidase; sucrase inhibitor; postprandial hyperglycemia; Adhatoda vasica
Methanolic extracts from the medicinal parts of 40 traditional Chinese herbs were tested in screening experiments for rat intestinal alpha-glucosidase. The methanolic extract from the leaves of Adhatoda vasica Nees (Acanthaceae) showed the highest sucrase inhibitory activity with sucrose as a substrate. Enzyme assay-guided fractionation of this extract afforded vasicine (1) and vasicinol (2), and the structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of MS and NMR analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 showed a high sucrase inhibitory activity, and the IC50 values were 125 mu M and 250 mu M, respectively. Both 1 and 2 were shown to be reversible inhibitors of sucrase. Kinetic data revealed that compounds 1 and 2 inhibited sucrose-hydrolysing activity of rat intestinal alpha-glucosidase competitively with K-i values of 82 mu M and 183 M, respectively. This is the first report on the mammalian alpha-glucosidase inhibition of A. vasica and the inhibitory effect on sucrase by 1 and 2 from this herb species. These results suggest a use of the extract of A. vasica as an antidiabetic agent and show a possibility that compounds 1 and 2 could be an useful treatment for metabolic disorders. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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