Möller Niels Peter, Roos Nils, Schrezenmeir Jürgen
Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (location Kiel), Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Hermann-Weigmann-Str. 1, 24103 Kiel, Germany.
Phytother Res. 2009 Apr;23(4):585-6. doi: 10.1002/ptr.2637.
In the search for lipase inhibitory agents, 144 alcohol plant extracts and propolis were screened for pancreatic lipase activity in vitro using methods with methylresorufin and triolein as substrates. Ethanol extracts of Linum usitatissimum (oil flax) and Helianthus annuus (sunflower seeds) showed the strongest lipase inhibitory actions with ID(50) values of 1:370 and 1:166, respectively.