Isolated compounds from Dracaena angustifolia Roxb and acarbose synergistically/additively inhibit α-glucosidase and α-amylase: an in vitro study

• Main Authors: Jiling Yi (Author), Ting Zhao (Author), Yuanlin Zhang (Author), Yanxing Tan (Author), Xiao Han (Author), Yulin Tang (Author), Guangying Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background As a traditional herbal medicine, Dracaena angustifolia Roxb has been used as an anti-inflammatory agent by the Li people in Hainan, China. In preliminary phytochemical studies conducted in our lab, its fractions were found to inhibit α-glucosidase in vitro, indicating a potentia...