In Vitro Investigation of Sorbus Domestica As an Enzyme Inhibitor
Istanbul J Pharm 50 (1): 28-32 DOI: 10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2019.0071 Original Article In vitro investigation of Sorbus domestica as an enzyme inhibitor Gozde Hasbal1 , Tugba Yilmaz-Ozden1 , Musa Sen2, Refiye Yanardag2 , Ayse Can1 1Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey 2Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul, Turkey ORCID IDs of the authors: G.H. 0000-0002-0216-7635; T.Y.Ö. 0000-0003-4426-4502; R.Y. 0000-0003-4185-4363; A.C. 0000-0002-8538-663X Cite this article as: Hasbal, G., Yilmaz-Ozden, T., Sen, M., Yanardag, R., & Can, A. (2020). In vitro investigation of Sorbus domestica as an enzyme inhibitor. İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy, 50(1), 28–32. ABSTRACT Background and Aims: Finding new therapeutic enzyme inhibitors by investigating especially medicinal plants is an impor- tant research area. The fruits and leaves of Sorbus domestica (service tree) are used as food and folk remedies due to astrin- gent, antidiabetic, diuretic, antiinflammatory, antiatherogenic, antidiarrhoeal, vasoprotective, and vasorelaxant activities, and also used commercially as a vitamin and antioxidant. In this study, the therapeutic effect of S. domestica against diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, aging, and hyperuricemia was investigated. Methods: α-Glucosidase, α-amylase, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), elastase and xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitory activities of the fruit extract from S. domestica were measured. Results: The extract showed inhibitory activity against α-glucosidase, α-amylase, BChE, elastase, and XO whereas AChE inhibitory activity of the extract could not be determined. Moreover, the inhibition effects of the extract against α-glucosidase and elastase were more effective than the standard drugs acarbose and ursolic acid, respectively.
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