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Yi J, Zhao T, Zhang Y, Tan Y, Han X, Tang Y, Chen G. Isolated compounds from Dracaena angustifolia Roxb and acarbose synergistically/additively inhibit α-glucosidase and α-amylase: an in vitro study. BMC Complement Med Ther 2022; 22:177. [PMID: 35780093 PMCID: PMC9250238 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03649-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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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 potential for alleviating glucose dysregulation. Methods Through in vitro enzymatic assays, the abilities of the separated components to affect α-glucosidase and α-amylase were evaluated. By establishing concentration gradients and generating Lineweaver–Burk plots, the corresponding inhibition modes together with kinetic parameters were assessed. Following the evaluation of the outcomes of their combination with acarbose, computational docking and molecular dynamic simulations were carried out to analyse the interaction mechanisms and perform virtual screening against human enzymes. Results Compared with acarbose, 7 compounds, including flavonoid derivatives, amides and aromatic derivatives, with higher α-glucosidase inhibitory efficiencies were confirmed. It was found that those competitive/mixed candidates and acarbose interacted synergistically or additively on α-glucosidase. Moreover, 3 of them were able to inhibit α-amylase in mixed mode, and additive effects were observed in combination with acarbose. Through in silico docking, it was found that the active site residues as well as adjacent residues were involved in α-glucosidase and α-amylase binding, which were mainly achieved through hydrogen bonding. Among those dual-function flavonoids, Compound 9 was predicted to be a considerable inhibitor of human enzymes, as the formation of ligand–enzyme complexes was mediated by the residues responsible for substrate recognition and catalysis, the stabilities of which were reiterated by molecular dynamics simulations. Conclusion Despite their mild effects on α-amylase, considerable α-glucosidase inhibitory efficiencies and potential synergy with acarbose were exhibited by these natural candidates. Furthermore, a stable ligand, human α-glucosidase, was predicted by the performed simulations, which provided useful information for the application of Dracaena angustifolia Roxb in diabetes treatment. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12906-022-03649-3.
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Miller N, Joubert E. Critical Assessment of In Vitro Screening of α-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Plants with Acarbose as a Reference Standard. PLANTA MEDICA 2022; 88:1078-1091. [PMID: 34662924 DOI: 10.1055/a-1557-7379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Postprandial hyperglycemia is treated with the oral antidiabetic drug acarbose, an intestinal α-glucosidase inhibitor. Side effects of acarbose motivated a growing number of screening studies to identify novel α-glucosidase inhibitors derived from plant extracts and other natural sources. As "gold standard", acarbose is frequently included as the reference standard to assess the potency of these candidate α-glucosidase inhibitors, with many outperforming acarbose by several orders of magnitude. The results are subsequently used to identify suitable compounds/products with strong potential for in vivo efficacy. However, most α-glucosidase inhibitor screening studies use enzyme preparations obtained from nonmammalian sources (typically Saccharomyces cerevisiae), despite strong evidence that inhibition data obtained using nonmammalian α-glucosidase may hold limited value in terms of identifying α-glucosidase inhibitors with actual in vivo hypoglycemic potential. The aim was to critically discuss the screening of novel α-glucosidase inhibitors from plant sources, emphasizing inconsistencies and pitfalls, specifically where acarbose was included as the reference standard. An assessment of the available literature emphasized the cruciality of stating the biological source of α-glucosidase in such screening studies to allow for unambiguous and rational interpretation of the data. The review also highlights the lack of a universally adopted screening assay for novel α-glucosidase inhibitors and the commercial availability of a standardized preparation of mammalian α-glucosidase.
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- Neil Miller
- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Uuh Narvaez JJ, Segura Campos MR. Combination therapy of bioactive compounds with acarbose: A proposal to control hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes. J Food Biochem 2022; 46:e14268. [PMID: 35662051 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.14268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disease with a high impact on public health and social welfare. Hyperglycemia is a characteristic of T2D that leads to different complications. Acarbose (ACB) reduces hyperglycemia by inhibiting α-amylase (AMY) and α-glucosidase (GLU) enzymes. However, ACB causes low adherence to treatment by patients with diabetes due to its side effects. Consequently, reducing the side effects produced by ACB without compromising its efficacy is a challenge in treating T2D. Bioactive compounds (BC) are safe and could decrease the side effects compared to antidiabetic drugs such as ACB. Nevertheless, their efficacy alone concerning that drug is unknown. The scientific advances have been directed toward searching for new approaches, such as combination therapies between BC and ACB. This review analyzes the combined therapy of BC (extracts or isolates) with ACB in inhibiting AMY and GLU as a proposal to control hyperglycemia in T2D. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Postprandial hyperglycemia is one most typical signs of type 2 diabetes, and it can have significant consequences, including cardiovascular problems. Acarbose has side effects that lead to the abandonment of treatment. Bioactive compounds in extracts or isolated forms have become a viable option for controlling hyperglycemia without side effects, but their administration alone is insufficient. The scientific advances of acarbose/bioactive compound combination therapy as a proposal for controlling hyperglycemia in T2D were analyzed. The findings suggested that bioactive compounds combined with acarbose are effective when they function synergistically or additively; however, they are not recommended in therapy when they have an antagonistic effect.
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Miller N, Petrus A, Moelich EI, Muller M, de Beer D, van der Rijst M, Joubert E. Heat treatment improves the sensory properties of the ultrafiltration by-product of honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) extract. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2022; 102:1047-1055. [PMID: 34312869 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ultrafiltration of green honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) extract results in a by-product (retentate). Application of further separation processes for recovery of polyphenols would entail creation of additional waste. Repurposing the retentate as a food flavour ingredient provides an alternative valorization approach. RESULTS The retentate, suspended in water (270 g L-1 ), was heat-treated at 80 °C for 2, 4, 8 and 16 h, and at 90 °C for 2, 4, 6 and 8 h to change its sensory profile. The heat-treated retentate, diluted to beverage strength (2.15 g L-1 ), had prominent 'grape/Muscat-like' and 'marmalade/citrus' aroma and flavour notes. Overall, heating for ≤ 4 h increased the intensities of positive flavour and aroma notes, while reducing those of 'green/grass', 'hay' and bitterness, whereafter further heating only had a slight effect on the aroma profile at 80 °C (P < 0.05), but not at 90 °C (P ≥ 0.05). The heat treatments, 80 °C/4 h and 90 °C/4 h, were subsequently applied to different batches of retentate (n = 10) to accommodate the effect of natural product variation. Heating at 90 °C produced higher intensities of positive aroma attributes (P < 0.05), but was more detrimental to the phenolic stability, compared to 80 °C. CONCLUSION After heat treatment, the phenolic content of C. genistoides retentate, reconstituted to beverage strength, still fell within the range of a typical 'fermented' (oxidized) honeybush leaf tea infusion. The change in phenolic composition will not diminish the benefit of an improved sensory profile for the retentate by-product through heating. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Neil Miller
- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Biometry Unit, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- Plant Bioactives Group, Post-Harvest & Agro-Processing Technologies, Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Class-modelling of overlapping classes. A two-step authentication approach. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1191:339284. [PMID: 35033263 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Honeybush is an indigenous herbal tea highly valued for its aroma, flavour and medicinal properties. It is protected as Geographical Indication (GI) since it is produced from a number of Cyclopia species that are endemic to South Africa. Most commonly used for honeybush tea production are C. intermedia, C. subternata and C. genistoides, differing slightly, but distinctly in flavour. Demand for species-specific honeybush tea instead of mixtures have increased, meriting a strategy for authentication of C. intermedia, C. subternata and C. genistoides. Samples of these three species were analysed, using hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the near-infrared spectral range. The data were pre-processed and used for class-modelling, a general approach well suited for authentication purposes. Unfortunately, since the HSI data of Cyclopia species studied are very similar, the classification results obtained with individual class-models are unsatisfactory, e.g., class-models constructed for C. genistoides and C. subternata yielded correct classification rate (CCR) values of 76.4 and 83.1%, respectively. On the other hand, discriminant modelling, which is another type of classification technique, led to good classification outcomes (CCR 98.9%). However, the classical discriminant model cannot be applied for authentication purposes since it always assigns a new sample to one of the classes studied, even if in reality, it belongs to none of them. Counterfeits or non-representative samples would be incorrectly assigned by the discriminant model to one of the authentic classes. Therefore, in this study, a two-step authentication of overlapping classes is proposed, which combines the advantages of class-modelling and discriminant methods. When applied to the authentication of Cyclopia species studied, the two-step approach yielded a CCR of 97.4%, which is a significant improvement compared to results obtained with the individual class-models. The proposed approach is general and can be applied when classes studied are very similar, and individual class-models lead to unsatisfactory results.
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Sun L, Song Y, Chen Y, Ma Y, Fu M, Liu X. The galloyl moiety enhances the inhibitory activity of catechins and theaflavins against α-glucosidase by increasing the polyphenol-enzyme binding interactions. Food Funct 2021; 12:215-229. [PMID: 33295908 DOI: 10.1039/d0fo02689a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The inhibition properties of 10 tea polyphenols against α-glucosidase were studied through inhibition assay, inhibition kinetics, fluorescence quenching and molecular docking. It was found that the inhibitory activity of polyphenols with a 3 and/or 3' galloyl moiety (GM) was much higher than that without a GM. The GM could enter into the active site of α-glucosidase and bind with the catalytic amino acid residues through hydrogen bonding and π-conjugation, thus playing an important role in the competitive inhibition of catechins and theaflavins. The positive linear correlations among the constants characterizing the inhibitory activity and binding affinity of tea polyphenols to α-glucosidase indicate that enzyme inhibition by polyphenols is caused by the binding interactions between them, and that the combination of the characterization methods for polyphenol-glucosidase binding is reasonable. In addition, the in vivo hypoglycemic effects of galloylated polyphenols suggest that the GM may be considered as a pharmaceutical fragment for the alleviation of type II diabetes symptoms through α-glucosidase inhibition.
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- Lijun Sun
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- School of Mongolian Medicine, Inner Mongolia University of Nationalities, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia 028000, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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Xiao X, Erukainure OL, Beseni B, Koorbanally NA, Islam MS. Sequential extracts of red honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) tea: Chemical characterization, antioxidant potentials, and anti-hyperglycemic activities. J Food Biochem 2020; 44:e13478. [PMID: 32984977 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The antioxidant, antidiabetic, and anti-obesogenic potentials of different extracts (dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and aqueous) of the red honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) tea were investigated in vitro and ex vivo. All extracts exhibited significant scavenging and reducing power activities, with the aqueous and ethyl acetate extracts being the most potent. In vitro antidiabetic analysis revealed the extracts to be potent inhibitors of α-glucosidase and lipase activities. All extracts increased catalase and SOD activities, and glutathione level in oxidative pancreatic injury. GC-MS analysis revealed the presence of fatty acids, fatty acid ester, phytols, sterols, saccharide, ketones, and triterpenes. These results imply that the sequential extracts of honeybush tea (particularly the aqueous and ethyl acetate extracts) may not only exhibit antioxidant potentials but also mediate anti-hyperglycemia activities by inhibiting lipid and carbohydrate digestion. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Red honeybush tea is enjoyed widely in South Africa and around the world due to its no caffeine and very low tannin content, as well as many healthcare attributes. There are however no scientific reports for its sequential extraction of different solvents on antidiabetic effects. The different extracts of honeybush tea (particularly the aqueous and ethyl acetate extracts) inhibited lipid and carbohydrate digestive enzymes linked to type 2 diabetes (T2D), as well as modulate oxidative pancreatic injury. These findings will promote its utilization as a potential nutraceutical in the management of diabetes and its complications.
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- Xin Xiao
- Department of Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.,Department of Pharmacology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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