In vitro investigation of the potential health benefits of wild Mediterranean dietary plants as anti-obesity agents with α-amylase and pancreatic lipase inhibitory activities

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2217-2224

  Marrelli, Mariangela ^a   Loizzo, Monica Rosa ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^b   Menichini, Francesco ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Inhibitors; Pancreatic lipase; Wild edible plants; amylase

Indexed keywords

BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; CAPPARIS; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA;

AMYLASE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BORAGO; CAPPARIS; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ECHIUM; EDIBLE PLANT; ENZYMOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MENTHA; OBESITY; PANCREAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWINE;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BORAGO; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CAPPARIS; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; DIET; ECHIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LIPASE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENTHA; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RUTIN; SWINE;

EID: 84903608630     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6544     Document Type: Article

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