Ethnopharmacological relevance The global problem of diabetes, together with the limited
access of large numbers of patients to conventional antidiabetic medicines, continues to …

Introduction: In the recent decades, the interest on glycosidases has dramatically increased,
mainly because these enzymes play a key role in many biological processes. The …

To clarify the structural requirements of flavonoids for formation of advanced glycation end-
products (AGEs), various flavonoids were examined. The results suggested the following …

Nerium indicum is an India-Pakistan-originated shrub belonging to the oleander family. The
ingestion of leaves of N. indicum before a meal is known to effect the lowering of …

Mammalian α-glucosidase inhibitory activity by Terminalia chebula Retz. fruits was
investigated. The aqueous methanolic extract was found to have potent rat intestinal maltase …

The 80% aqueous acetone extracts from the fruit (50mg/kg/d) and seeds (12.5 and
25mg/kg/d) of Rosa canina L., but not from the pericarps, were found to show substantial …

The methanolic extract from the male flowers of Borassus flabellifer was found to inhibit the
increase of serum glucose levels in sucrose-loaded rats at a dose of 250mg/kg, po. From the …

In the course of our studies on antidiabetogenic and antidiabetic principles of natural
medicines and medicinal foodstuffs, we have isolated salacinol and kotalanol with unique …

We report the first attempt of double-spot structural modification on a side-chain moiety of
sulfonium-type α-glucosidase inhibitors isolated from genus Salacia. A series of sulfonium …

A synthetic route to trans‐configured tetrahydrothiophenes (THTs) through Fe (OTf) 3‐
promoted [3+ 2] cycloaddition of donor–acceptor cyclopropanes with thionoesters was …