Fig. 2.

Effect of S. macilenta extract (10, 25, 50 and 100 μg/ml) and AG (1 mM) on protein glycosylation and fibrillar structure formation. a Fluorescent AGEs formation. b Fluorescent pentosidine formation. c Inhibitory effect of S. macilenta on fibrillar structure formation. The procedures are described in “Materials and methods”. Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M (n = 3). **P < 0.01 significantly different from BSA control. ^# P < 0.05; ^## P < 0.01 significantly different from BSA + fructose