Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10539479 Food Chemistry 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Identification of active constituent from Curcuma longa as a potential anti-diabetic agent. ► Bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) inhibits Human pancreatic α-amylase (HPA). ► The mode of inhibition as determined kinetically is uncompetitive. ► BDMC inactivates HPA with a stoichiometry of 1:1 and an apparent Ki' of 3.0 μM.
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Discovering Bisdemethoxycurcumin from Curcuma longa rhizome as a potent small molecule inhibitor of human pancreatic α-amylase, a target for type-2 diabetes
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