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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors were screened from organic solvent extracts of macroalgae by a spectrophotometrical method with p-nitrophenyl-D-glucopyranosidase as the substrate. The result indicates that organic crude extracts from some macroalgae such asRhodomela confervoides (Huds.) Silva,Gracilaria textorii (Suringar) De Toni,Plocamium telfairiae Harv.,Dictyopteris divaricata (Okam.) Okam,Ulval pertusa andEnteromorpha intestinalis (L.) Link et al. show strong inhibitory activity of alpha-glucosidase at concentration of 79.6 μg/ml.
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This work was supported by The Pilot Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (L410225102)
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Xiancui, L., Rongli, N., Xiao, F. et al. Macroalage as a source of alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 23, 354–356 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847160
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