Comparative study of inhibition mechanisms of structurally different flavonoid compounds on α-glucosidase and synergistic effect with acarbose

J Yang, X Wang, C Zhang, L Ma, T Wei, Y Zhao… - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Flavonoid compounds have anti-diabetic activity, which can control blood glucose levels by
inhibiting α-glucosidase activity. In this paper, the inhibition mechanisms between four …

Studies on the inhibition of α-glucosidase by biflavonoids and their interaction mechanisms

H Li, J Yang, M Wang, X Ma, X Peng - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Biflavonoids are a kind of polyphenol compounds with numerous biological functions.
However, the potential inhibitory activities of biflavonoids on α-glucosidase are yet unknown …

Interaction mechanism of flavonoids and α-glucosidase: Experimental and molecular modelling studies

C He, X Liu, Z Jiang, S Geng, H Ma, B Liu - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are known to play a role in hypoglycemia by inhibiting α-glucosidase. However,
their interaction mechanism with α-glucosidase still needs to be elaborated. In this study, the …

Spectroscopy and molecular docking analysis reveal structural specificity of flavonoids in the inhibition of α-glucosidase activity

J Liu, Y Kong, J Miao, X Mei, S Wu, Y Yan… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The inhibition of α-glucosidase activity is a prospective approach to prevent postprandial
hyperglycemia. As two flavonoids extracted from citrus fruits, eriocitrin and eriodictyol have …

Evaluation of α-glucosidase inhibition potential of some flavonoids from Epimedium brevicornum

MAT Phan, J Wang, J Tang, YZ Lee, K Ng - LWT-Food Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Epimedium brevicornum leaves water extract exerted a potent and specific inhibition against
yeast α-glucosidase, with 50% inhibition of activity (IC50) at 11.8 μmol/L (or 2.01 μg) Gallic …

Inhibitory kinetics and mechanism of kaempferol on α-glucosidase

X Peng, G Zhang, Y Liao, D Gong - Food Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Glucosidase is a therapeutic target for diabetes mellitus, and α-glucosidase
inhibitors play a vital role in the treatments for the disease. As a kind of potentially safer α …

Inhibitory mechanism of apigenin on α-glucosidase and synergy analysis of flavonoids

L Zeng, G Zhang, S Lin, D Gong - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of α-glucosidase activity may suppress postprandial hyperglycemia. The inhibition
kinetic analysis showed that apigenin reversibly inhibited α-glucosidase activity with an IC50 …

Inhibition mechanism of α-glucosidase inhibitors screened from Tartary buckwheat and synergistic effect with acarbose

L Han, H Wang, J Cao, Y Li, X Jin, C He, M Wang - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Tartary buckwheat has been shown to provide a good antihyperglycemic effect. However, it
is unclear which active compounds play a key role in attenuating postprandial …

Effects of hydroxylation at C3′ on the B ring and diglycosylation at C3 on the C ring on flavonols inhibition of α-glucosidase activity

Y Qin, X Chen, F Xu, C Gu, K Zhu, Y Zhang, G Wu… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The structure–activity relationship and inhibitory mechanism of flavonols on α-glucosidase
were studied by inhibition kinetics, multispectral study, and molecular docking. The flavonols …

Comparative evaluation of quercetin, isoquercetin and rutin as inhibitors of α-glucosidase

YQ Li, FC Zhou, F Gao, JS Bian… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Three flavonoids from tartary buckwheat bran, namely, quercetin (Que), isoquercetin (Iso)
and rutin (Rut), have been evaluated as α-glucosidase inhibitors by fluorescence …