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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Inhibitory mechanism of novel allosteric inhibitor, Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.) leaves proanthocyanidins against α-glucosidase

M Wang, J Jiang, J Tian, S Chen, X Ye, Y Hu… - Journal of functional …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Glucosidase is a key enzyme related to starch digestion and type-2 diabetes. In
the present study, the inhibition effect and the underlying mechanism of Chinese bayberry …

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 …

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 …

The galloyl moiety enhances the inhibitory activity of catechins and theaflavins against α-glucosidase by increasing the polyphenol–enzyme binding interactions

L Sun, Y Song, Y Chen, Y Ma, M Fu, X Liu - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The inhibition properties of 10 tea polyphenols against α-glucosidase were studied through
inhibition assay, inhibition kinetics, fluorescence quenching and molecular docking. It was …

Exploring the structure–activity relationship and interaction mechanism of flavonoids and α-glucosidase based on experimental analysis and molecular docking …

H Tang, L Huang, C Sun, D Zhao - Food & function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
α-Glucosidase (AG) has always been an indispensable drug target for the treatment of type
2 diabetes. Herein, an integrated method consisting of enzyme kinetics, multi-spectroscopy …