Chemical constituents of Swertia longifolia Boiss. with α-amylase inhibitory activity

• Main Authors: Soodabeh Saeidnia (Author), Leila Ara (Author), Homa Hajimehdipoor (Author), Roger W Read (Author), Sattar Arshadi (Author), Marjan Nikan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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α-Amylase inhibitors play a critical role in the control of diabetes and many of medicinal plants have been found to act as α-amylase inhibitors. Swertia genus, belonging to the family Gentianaceae, comprises different species most of which have been used in traditional medicine of several cultures...