Table 4. Inhibitory effects of fraction extracts from P. persica twigs and its solvent-soluble portions against α-glucosidase

Samples Inhibition activity (%) IC50 values (μg/mL)
500 μg/mL 250 μg/mL 125 μg/mL 62.5 μg/mL 31.3 μg/mL
Hot water 81.9±0.122)c3) 81.4±0.17c 61.0±0.16c 34.9±0.15c 19.0±0.14c 97.0±9.8c
n-Hexane layer 24.7±0.16e 14.8±0.14f 8.3±0.16f 4.4±0.17f 1.0±0.12f >500
EtOAc layer 99.3±0.17a 95.2±0.13b 85.5±0.14a 64.6±0.18a 42.7±0.16a 38.2±1.6e
n-BuOH layer 99.1±0.16a 96.1±0.14a 84.1±0.13b 61.3±0.12b 35.1±0.18b 47.0±0.8d
H2O layer 60.4±0.18d 44.2±0.12e 24.6±0.14e 13.1±0.16e 10.2±0.16e 337.5±18.7a
Acarbose1) 91.9±0.16b 70.1±0.16d 49.5±0.13d 30.4±0.18d 16.4±0.14d 122.2±7.6b
Acarbose was used as a positive control substance.
Mean±SD (n=3).
a-fValues with different superscript letters in the column are significantly different (p<0.05).