α-glucosidase inhibitors from plants: A natural approach to treat diabetes

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Narwal, Smita ^a   Kumar, Vipin ^a   Prakash, Om ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Alkaloids; anthocyanins; diabetes; flavonoids; glycosides; terpenoids

Indexed keywords

(1-2'') BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; BAICALEIN; CATECHIN; CURCUMIN; DAIDZEIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FISETIN; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; LYONIRESINOL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO XYLOPYRANOSYL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASICINE; VASICINOL;

BARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; FRACTIONATION; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW;

EID: 79955115879     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79096     Document Type: Review

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