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Table 4 α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of extracts

From: Free radical scavenging, α-glucosidase inhibitory and lipase inhibitory activities of eighteen Sudanese medicinal plants

Scientific name

IC50 (μg/ml)a value for α-glucosidase inhibition

70% Ethanol extract

Water extract

A. precatorius

A. nilotica

3.75 ± 0.62

1.33 ± 0.57

B. linariifolia

B. papyrifera

141.57 ± 1.54

C. ipecacuanha

C. colocynthis

C. sinensis

265.66 ± 5.13

C. proximus

282.37 ± 7.26

C. rotundus.

118.92 ± 1.01

G. alata

191.66 ± 16.07

623.99 ± 22.54

M. annua

78.78 ± 3.19

P. glaucum

R. graveolens

162.09 ± 52.08

S. argel

T. bakis

T. foenum-graceum

V. madagascariensis

Z. spina-christi

3.35 ± 0.61

5.49 ± 0.50

Acarboseb

240.00 ± 0.03

  1. a Each value represents the mean ± SD (n = 3)
  2. bAcarbose was used as a positive control