Table 4.

α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory potential of different plant extracts

Enzymes	Sample	Concentration
		25 μg/mL	50 μg/mL	100 μg/mL	200 μg/mL	400 μg/mL
		% inhibition
α-amylase	APDW	17.83 ± 0.19**	26.22 ± 0.34**	29.05 ± 0.33**	32.03 ± 0.66**	37.43 ± 0.65**
	APM	13.39 ± 0.17***	17.61 ± 0.24***	17.93 ± 0.31***	23.81 ± 0.39***	29.31 ± 0.48***
	APE	22.82 ± 0.21*	31.08 ± 0.28*	37.83 ± 0.29*	51.26 ± 0.82*	55.38 ± 0.73*
	APEA	12.37 ± 0.18***	17.92 ± 0.19***	21.28 ± 0.22***	22.71 ± 0.30***	27.23 ± 0.41***
	+ control	27.78 ± 0.66	44.87 ± 0.93	59.43 ± 1.09	73.20 ± 1.51	89.40 ± 1.24
α-glucocidase	APDW	14.94 ± 0.21*	20.61 ± 0.19*	22.91 ± 0.19**	30.51 ± 0.44*	34.14 ± 0.44**
	APM	11.93 ± 0.20***	16.72 ± 0.17**	20.17 ± 0.15**	20.52 ± 0.29**	24.63 ± 0.32***
	APE	16.77 ± 0.34*	22.82 ± 0.21*	30.19 ± 0.43*	33.61 ± 0.31*	47.23 ± 0.41*
	APEA	9.06 ± 0.11***	14.98 ± 0.18**	16.28 ± 0.21***	20.75 ± 0.27**	23.71 ± 0.31***
	+ control	27.32 ± 0.73	33.4 ± 1.27	53.45 ± 1.11	65.98 ± 1.67	84.34 ± 1.92

Star *–*** represent; *** highly significant, ** slightly significant and * non-significant difference from the control at P < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA in the column. Values are mean ± SD of triplicate. Where AP_DW, AP_M, AP_E and AP_EA stands for Distilled water, Methanol, Ethanol and Ethyl acetate extracts, respectively