Table 3.
α-Glucosidase inhibitory activities of different solvent extracts.
| Extracting Solvents |
α-Glucosidase IC50 (μg/mL) |
|
|---|---|---|
| AA | Salt-Fried AA | |
| n-Hexane | 25.9 ± 2.0 * | 34.8 ± 3.0 * |
| Chloroform | 23.4 ± 2.3 * | 34.7 ± 4.7 * |
| Dichloromethane | 21.8 ± 1.4 ** | 32.0 ± 2.5 * |
| Ethyl acetate | 55.5 ± 2.8 * | 26.0 ± 0.6 ** |
| Acetone | 101.7 ± 15.9 | 105.0 ± 2.6 * |
| Methanol | >200 | >200 |
| Ethanol | >200 | >200 |
| Water | >200 | >200 |
| Acarbose a | 319.5 ± 17.3 * | 305.0 ± 4.6 * |
a Acarbose used as positive control. * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 compared with the control. AA means Anemarrhena asphodeloides. Salt-fried AA means salt-fried Anemarrhena asphodeloides.