α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition effects of Korean edible brown, green, and red seaweed extracts

The control of intestinal α-amylase and α-glucosidase is an effective therapeutic strategy for prevention post-prandial hyperglycemia associated with diabetes mellitus. objective this study was to evaluate the anti-diabetes activities Korean edible seaweed against α-glucosidase, two carbolytic enzymes involved in serum glucose regulation. Of 41 species initially screened, Cladophora wrightiana var. minor, Eisenia bicyclis, Ecklonia cava, Ishige foliacea, okamurae exhibited strongest inhibitory from brown seaweeds. Asparagopsis taxiformis showed effects red results suggest that crude extracts (C. E. I. okamurae) (A. taxiformis) may have beneficial suppressing rise postprandial through inhibition α-glucosidase.