NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2012, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (09): 1246-. doi: A

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α-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Cinnamomi Cortex

XU Qin-yong1, ZHU Jing-bo1,2*, WANG Zhen-zhong3, XIAO Wei3   

  1. 1School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University; 2Institute of Chemistry and Applications of Plant Resources, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China; 3Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd, Lianyungang 222001, China
  • Online:2012-09-29 Published:2013-01-06

Abstract: To search α-glucosidase inhibitors from Cinnamomi Cortex, the α-glucosidase inhibitor was isolated and purified by the bioactivity-guided method in vitro, combined with HPLC method which was used to analysis the inhibitory activity against α-glucosidase. The inhibitory kinetic of the isolations was also investigated. The petroleum ether extract showed strong inhibitory activity (IC50=350.37 μg/mL), which was higher than that of acarbose (IC50=1028.99 μg/mL), and two active compounds were isolated and identified as trans-cinnamaldehyde (IC50=277.89 μg/mL) and cinnamic acid (IC50=286.22 μg/mL). Both of them showed noncompetitive type manner on α- glucosidase with Ki value of 178.07 μg/mL and 229.43 μg/mL, respectively.

Key words: Cinnamomi Cortex, α-glucosidase, HPLC, inhibitor, inhibitory type

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