Tropical plant extracts as potential antihyperglycemic agents

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5915-5923

  Manaharan, Thamilvaani ^a   Palanisamy, Uma Devi ^b   Ming, Cheng Hwee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

amylase; glucosidase; Antioxidant; Total phenolic content; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALAYSIA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN BINDING; TANNINS;

EID: 84861503422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17055915     Document Type: Article

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