Table 1 α-glucosidase activity of methanolic extracts of different medicinal plants and Acarbose (standard drug)

18.83 ± 3.87^b

30.18 ± 0.06^b

42.43 ± 0.05^b

56.31 ± 0.02^b

80.10 ± 0.15^b

89.40 ± 0.09^a

63.68 ± 1.98^a

97.81 ± 0.03^a

98.37 ± 0.12^a

97.43 ± 0.18^a

97.18 ± 0.18^a

94.70 ± 0.41^a

0.32 ± 5.79^b

4.83 ± 1.46^c

5.05 ± 0.74^d

5.65 ± 0.75^b

8.72 ± 5.09^c

13.25 ± 1.10^b

8.66 ± 0.20^b

9.87 ± 0.16^c

10.50 ± 0.66^c

14.62 ± 4.20^b

15.31 ± 2.60^c

20.09 ± 2.21^b

5.85 ± 1.50^b

6.54 ± 3.04^c

7.01 ± 1.23^d

8.69 ± 1.87^b

12.57 ± 2.97^c

13.61 ± 2.10^b