Sultana Razia, Alashi Adeola M, Islam Khaleda, Saifullah Md, Haque C Emdad, Aluko Rotimi E
Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
Institute of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Dhaka, Nilkhet Rd, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Foods. 2020 Jun 29;9(7):844. doi: 10.3390/foods9070844.
The aim of the study was to determine the in vitro enzyme inhibition activities of aqueous polyphenolic extracts of nine popular Bangladeshi vegetables, namely ash gourd, bitter gourd, brinjal, Indian spinach, kangkong, okra, ridge gourd, snake gourd, and stem amaranth. Polyphenolic glycosides were the major compounds present in the extracts. Inhibition of α-amylase (up to 100% at 1 mg/mL) was stronger than α-glucosidase inhibition (up to 70.78% at 10 mg/mL). The Indian spinach extract was the strongest inhibitor of pancreatic lipase activity (IC = 276.77 µg/mL), which was significantly better than that of orlistat (381.16 µg/mL), a drug. Ash gourd (76.51%), brinjal (72.48%), and snake gourd (66.82%) extracts were the most effective inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), an enzyme whose excessive activities have been associated with hypertension. Brinjal also had a significantly higher renin-inhibitory activity than the other vegetable extracts. We conclude that the vegetable extracts may have the ability to reduce enzyme activities that have been associated with hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.
该研究的目的是测定九种常见孟加拉蔬菜(即冬瓜、苦瓜、茄子、印度菠菜、空心菜、秋葵、丝瓜、蛇瓜和苋菜)的水基多酚提取物的体外酶抑制活性。多酚糖苷是提取物中的主要化合物。对α-淀粉酶的抑制作用(在1 mg/mL时高达100%)强于对α-葡萄糖苷酶的抑制作用(在10 mg/mL时高达70.78%)。印度菠菜提取物是胰腺脂肪酶活性最强的抑制剂(IC = 276.77 µg/mL),明显优于药物奥利司他(381.16 µg/mL)。冬瓜(76.51%)、茄子(72.48%)和蛇瓜(66.82%)提取物是血管紧张素转换酶(ACE)最有效的抑制剂,该酶活性过高与高血压有关。茄子的肾素抑制活性也明显高于其他蔬菜提取物。我们得出结论,蔬菜提取物可能具有降低与高血糖、高血脂和高血压相关的酶活性的能力。