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Table 5 Enzyme inhibition assays of M. buxifolia leaves and stem extracts

From: Metabolic fingerprinting, antioxidant characterization, and enzyme-inhibitory response of Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC. extracts

Extract

AChE (mgGALAE/g)

BChE (mgGALAE/g)

Tyrosinase (mgKAE/g)

Amylase (mmolACAE/g)

Glucosidase (mmolACAE/g)

Leaves

Methanol

4.70 ± 0.08a

3.01 ± 0.60b

132.90 ± 1.68b

0.56 ± 0.06b

59.50 ± 0.25a

Chloroform

3.87 ± 0.07b

2.05 ± 0.20c

121.31 ± 0.38c

0.56 ± 0.02b

58.28 ± 0.37a

Stem

Methanol

4.66 ± 0.04a

3.95 ± 0.42ab

140.16 ± 2.27a

0.67 ± 0.03a

59.48 ± 0.10a

Chloroform

4.62 ± 0.03a

4.27 ± 0.55a

137.93 ± 0.87a

0.66 ± 0.05a

59.09 ± 0.09a

  1. All values expressed are means ± S.D. of three parallel measurements. GALAE: galatamine equivalent; KAE: kojic acid equivalent; ACAE: acarbose equivalent. Different letters within column indicate significant differences in the extracts (p < 0.05)