Research Article

In Vitro Experimental Assessment of Ethanolic Extract of Moringa oleifera Leaves as an α-Amylase and α-Lipase Inhibitor

Table 1

Phytochemicals screening and total protein content of M. oleifera.

Phytochemicals and protein contentM. oleifera

TPC (mg GAE/g)0.070 ± 0.005
TFC (mg RE/g)0.180 ± 0.020
TSC (mg DE/g)1.929 ± 0.193
TTC (mg TAE/g)0.042 ± 0.001
TAC (%)12.17 ± 0.001
TPC (mg BSAE/g)0.475 ± 0.001

Means and SEM (standard error of the mean) are used to express the values. GAE, RE, DE, TAE, BSAE, TPC, TFC, TSC, TTC, and TAC represent gallic acid equivalent, rutin equivalent, diosgenin equivalents, tannic acid equivalents, bovine serum albumin equivalents, total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, total saponin content, total tannin content, and total alkaloid content, respectively.