Studies on the bioactivity of aqueous extract of pu-erh tea and its fractions: In vitro antioxidant activity and α-glycosidase inhibitory property, and their effect on postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetic mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-83

  Huang, Qianfei ^a   Chen, Sihang ^a,c   Chen, Hao ^a   Wang, Yuefei ^a,b   Wang, Yiqi ^d   Hochstetter, Danielle ^a   Xu, Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glycosidase; Antioxidant activity; Postprandial hyperglycemia; Pu erh tea extracts; Tea polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ALLOXAN; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CATECHIN GALLATE; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PU ERH TEA EXTRACT; TEA POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TEA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAFFEINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; TEA;

MUS;

EID: 84871580632     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.11.039     Document Type: Article

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