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. 2022 Feb 16;11(2):398. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020398

Table 3.

Tyrosinase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of different solvent extracts.

Extracting
Solvents
IC50 (μg/mL) a
Tyrosinase α-Glucosidase
n-Hexane 621.43 ± 41.33 418.31 ± 11.95 *
Chloroform 659.87 ± 24.89 527.06 ± 25.64 *
Dichloromethane 545.29 ± 29.29 416.34 ± 13.58 *
Ethyl acetate 396.20 ± 24.73 * 472.92 ± 2.45 *
Acetone 412.22 ± 9.52 * 328.24 ± 52.67 **
Methanol 571.35 ± 25.73 >800
Ethanol 497.24 ± 32.99 440.31 ± 5.94 **
Arbutin b 182.93 ± 12.90 ** -
Acarbose b - 319.52 ± 24.46 *

a The IC50 value was defined as half-maximal inhibitory concentration, and was expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3); b Arbutin and acarbose were used as positive controls; * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 compared with the control.