NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 579-587. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2022.4.005

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Inhibitory effect of polyphenols from blueberry leaves on the activity of α-amylase and α-glucosidase in vitro

PAN Yue1,2,LIU Xiao-li2,WANG Ying2,XIA Xiu-dong2,TAO Ning-ping1,WU Han2,LIU Si-yuan1,2,ZHOU Jian-zhong1,2,3*#br#

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  1. 1College of Food Science and Technology,Shanghai Ocean University,Shanghai 201306,China;2Agricultural Products Processing Institute,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanjing 210014,China;3School of Food and Biological Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013,China
  • Online:2022-04-29 Published:2022-04-29

Abstract:

In this study,the polyphenols in blueberry leaves were extracted by ultrasonic method,and the total phenolic contents in the extracts before and after purification were determined.By using the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS),the phenolic composition was first identified.Then,the stabilities of polyphenols during treatments at different temperatures and pH values were investigated.The in vitro hypoglycemic activity of the purified polyphenols was evaluated based on their inhibitory effects on α-amylase and α-glucosidase,where the acarbose was used as the positive control.As to determine the type of inhibitory effects of blueberry leaf polyphenols against the hypoglycemic-related enzymes,the enzymatic kinetics and Lineweaver-Burk double reciprocal method were used.The results showed that the total phenol content increased by 41.19%,and the α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of polyphenols increased by 138.70% and 12.42%,respectively,compared with those before purification.The blueberry leaf polyphenols were proved to be stable at low temperature (30-50 ℃) and acidic environment (pH 2.0-8.0 and 3.0-5.0),possessing the high α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities (IC50 of 10.926 and 7.276 μg/mL,respectively) in a mixed-reversible manner.These above results indicated that the purified polyphenol extracts obtained from blueberry leaves had great in vitro hypoglycemic activities and provides the theoretical basis for the research and development of blueberry resources.

Key words: blueberry leaves, polyphenols, α-amylase, α-glucosidase, type of inhibition, dynamics

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