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Table 5 Pancreatic lipase 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 pancereatic lipase inhibition

70% Ethanol extract

Water extract

A. precatorius

17.55 ± 1.36

27.46 ± 1.58

A. nilotica

1.65 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.01

B. linariifolia

16.78 ± 0.31

18.12 ± 0.27

B. papyrifera

4.33 ± 0.07

46.19 ± 1.21

C. ipecacuanha

8.23 ± 0.12

22.1 ± 0.77

C. colocynthis

63.56 ± 1.6

20.66 ± 1.04

C. sinensis

29.82 ± 0.22

4.51 ± 0.08

C. proximus

16.69 ± 0.52

18.43 ± 0.28

C. rotundus.

8.16 ± 0.17

5.38 ± 0.42

G. alata

19.99 ± 0.77

23.76 ± 0.26

M. annua

4.22 ± 0.08

9.28 ± 1.81*

P. glaucum

119.91 ± 2.78

19.58 ± 0.17

R. graveolens

9.37 ± 0.42

48.03 ± 1.38

S. argel

2.12 ± 0.08

33.96 ± 0.29

T. bakis

17.75 ± 0.27

60.38 ± 0.88

T. foenum-graceum

244.15 ± 1.80

51.86 ± 2.67

V. madagascariensis

35.10 ± 5.56

98.66 ± 3.60

Z. spina-christi

1.86 ± 0.07

0.72 ± 0.01

Cetilistatb

4.66 ± 0.05

  1. aEach value represents the mean ± SD (n = 3)
  2. bCetilistat was used as a positive control of lipase inhibitory activity