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. 2017 Mar 11;22(3):451. doi: 10.3390/molecules22030451

Table 3.

Inhibitory effect of SCS-isolated compounds 3. Inhibition of AGEs formation, AR, α-glucosidase and lipase activities by isolated compounds from SCS.

Test Materials AGEs Aldose Reductase α-Glucosidase Lipase
IC50 (µM) IC50 (µM) IC50 (µM) IC50 (µM)
Protocatechuic acid (1) 418 ± 10 * ND 176 ± 7 22.9 ± 0.8 ***
5-O-Caffeoylquinic acid (2) 215 ± 18 *** 87.5 ± 1.6 *** 389 ± 14 474 ± 35 **
3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid (3) 80.5 ± 5.5 ** 0.60 ± 0.03 ** 608 ± 5 *** >1000
4-O-Caffeoylquinic acid (4) 74.1 ± 3.1 ** 20.1 ± 0.1 *** 736 ± 15 >1000
Kaempferol 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-7-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (5) 193 ± 9 ** 9.38 ± 1.46 609 ± 32 *** >1000
Quercitrin (6) 58.0 ± 2.5 ** 0.56 ± 0.14 ** 135 ± 13 * 96.7 ± 7.0 **
Afzelin (7) 75.4 ± 3.8 ** 87.9 ± 2.1 *** 31.7 ± 1.6 ** 572 ± 102 *
trans-Resveratrol (8) 148 ± 14 *** 60.5 ± 16.8 * 5.97 ± 0.20 ** 61.2 ± 11.7 *
Helonioside A (9) 227 ± 16 ** 34.5 ± 0.1 *** 154 ± 4 >1000
Isoscutellarein-8-O-rhamnoside (10) 440 ± 17 * 17.0 ± 3.6 45.1 ± 2.6 ** 101 ± 18 *
AMG a 515 ± 33 *** - - -
TMG b - 6.97 ± 0.56 *** - -
Acarbose c - - 172 ± 17 ** -
Orlistat d - - - 1.40 ± 0.12 *

a Used as positive control in AGEs formation inhibitory assay; b Used as positive control in AR activity inhibitory assay; c Used as positive control in α-glucosidase inhibitory assay; d Used as positive control in lipase inhibitory assay; * p < 0.05 compared with the positive control group; ** p < 0.01 compared with the positive control group; *** p < 0.001 compared with the positive control group; ND: no detection within test concentration; The 50% inhibitory concentration is expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3).