Triterpenes as uncompetitive inhibitors of α-glucosidase from flowers of Punica granatum L.

Natural Product Research

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2191-2194

  Salah El Dine, Riham ^a   Ma, Qiong ^b   Kandil, Zeinab A ^a   El Halawany, Ali M ^a,c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Punica granatum flower; uncompetitive; ursolic acid; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; APIGENIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PARA COUMARIC ACID; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; TRITERPENE; URSOLIC ACID; 4-COUMARIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; COUMARIC ACID; GAMMA-SITOSTEROL; GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; IC50; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE; POMEGRANATE JUICE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; COUMARIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITORS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OLEANOLIC ACID; PUNICACEAE; SITOSTEROLS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84908567147     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.928292     Document Type: Article

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