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Inhibitory activities of pancreatic lipase and phosphodiesterase from Korean medicinal plant extracts

  • Yun Mi Lee
  • , Young Sook Kim
  • , Youngseop Lee
  • , Junghyun Kim
  • , Hang Sun
  • , Joo Hwan Kim
  • , Jin Sook Kim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
  • CAS - Kunming Institute of Botany
  • Gachon University

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Abstract

To find new pancreatic lipase (triacylgycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3) inhibitors from natural products, 61 medicinal plants from Korea were screened for their antilipase activity for prevention of obesity. Dried and powdered plants were extracted three times with EtOH and extracts were obtained by removal of the solvent in vacuo. Lipase activity was determined by measuring the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl butyrate to p-nitrophenol. Also, the inhibitory effect was measured on phosphodiesterase (PDE), another therapeutic target for obesity. Of the extracts tested, Sorbus commixta (stem, leaf) and Viscum album (whole plant) exhibited antilipase activity (with IC50 values of 29.6μg/mL and 33.3μg/mL, respectively) and only anti-PDE activity (IC 50 values of 20.08μg/mL and 35.15μg/mL, respectively).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)778-782
Number of pages5
JournalPhytotherapy Research
Volume26
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012.05

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Korean medicinal plants
  • pancreatic lipase
  • phosphodiesterase
  • Sorbus commixta
  • Viscum album

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