Research Article
Inhibitory Activities of Thai Culinary Vegetables against Key Enzymes Relevant to Diabetes Mellitus and the Kinetics of Enzyme Inhibitions
Table 1
The characteristics of the selected vegetables.
| Scientific name | Common name | Thai name | Part of use |
| Adenanthera pavonina L | Red sandalwood tree | Ma klam | Leaf | Alpinia purpurata (Vielle.) schum | Red ginger | King daeng | Rhizome | Amaranthus lividus L | Purple amaranth | Phak khom | Leaf | Azadirachta indica A. Juss. var. siamensis Valeton | Siamese neem | Sadao | Leaf | Basella alba L | Malabar spinach | Phak pang | Leaf | Brassica juncea (L.) Czern | Chinese mustard | Phak kard hin | Leaf | Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt | Ivy gourd | Tam-leung | Leaf | Cucurbita moschata Decne | Pumpkin | Fucktong | Flower | Lasia spinosa (L.) thwaites | — | Phak naam | Leaf | Leucaena leucocephala (Lamk.) de Wit | Pearl wattle | Kra thin | Young shoot | Limnophila aromatica | Rice Paddy herb | Ka-yang | Leaf | Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau | Sawah lettuce | Kan jong | Leaf | Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb | Angled loofah | Buap | Fruit | Monochoria hastata (L.) solms | Monochria | Phak tob Thai | Flower | Moringa oleifera Lam | Drumstick tree | Ma rum | Leaf | Piper sarmentosum Roxb | — | Cha phlu | Leaf | Polygonum odoratum Lour | Vietnamese coriander | Phak peaw | Leaf | Sesbania grandiflora L Desv | Vegetable hummingbird | Khae | Flower | Syzygium gratum (Wight) S.N. Mitra var. gratum | — | Mek | Leaf | Trichosanthes anguina Linn | Snake gourd | Buap ngo | Fruit |
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