@article {Kim:2009p1158,
	title = {In vitro alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitory Potential and Antioxidant Activity of Selected Lamiaceae Species Inhabited in Korean Penninsula},
	journal = {Food Sci Biotechnol},
	volume = {18},
	number = {1},
	year = {2009},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {239{\textendash}244},
	abstract = {In the current study, inhibitory activity of 8 selected Korean edible plants of Lamiaceae family against alpha-glucosidases, prepared from rat small intestine acetone powder was evaluated. Total flavonoids and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) were also investigated. Methyl alcohol extracts of Scutellaria indica (SI) had the highest alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity relevant for potentially managing hyperglycemia, followed by Clinopodium gracile (CG) and Thymus quinquecostatus (TQ). These 3 species also showed significant antioxidant activity in ORAC system. The alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity of the extracts was compared to selected phenolics. Among the standard phenolics tested quercetin which was major flavonoid in the extracts had the highest alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity. CG, TQ, and SI which had high quercetin content and ORAC values also exhibited significant sucrase inhibitory activity. Results suggested that selected 3 Korean Lamiaceae species have the potential development of effective dietary strategy for postprandial hyperglycemia and oxidative stress-linked diabetes complications.},
	keywords = {Antioxidant, Assay, Cancer, Capacity, Disease, Extracts, Fruit, Glucosidase Inhibitor, Lamiaceae, Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, Phenolic-Compounds, Plasma, Risk, Vegetables},
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	author = {Dong-Soo Kim and Hyun Jeong Kwon and Hae-Dong Jang and Young-In Kwon}
}
@article {Zheng:2001p1182,
	title = {Antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds in selected herbs},
	journal = {J Agr Food Chem},
	volume = {49},
	number = {11},
	year = {2001},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {5165{\textendash}5170},
	abstract = {The antioxidant capacities (oxygen radical absorbance capacity, ORAC) and total phenolic contents in extracts of 27 culinary herbs and 12 medicinal herbs were determined. The ORAC values and total phenolic contents for the medicinal herbs ranged from 1.88 to 22.30 mu mol of Trolox equivalents (TE)/g of fresh weight and 0.23 to 2.85 mg of gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g of fresh weight, respectively. Origanum x majoricum, O. vulgare ssp. hirtum, and Poliomintha longiflora have higher ORAC and phenolic contents as compared to other culinary herbs. The ORAC values and total phenolic content for the culinary herbs ranged from 2.35 to 92.18 mu mol of TE/g of fresh weight and 0.26 to 17.51 mg of GAE/g of fresh weight, respectively. These also were much higher than values found in the medicinal herbs. The medicinal herbs with the highest ORAC values were Catharanthus roseus, Thymus vulgaris, Hypericum perforatum, and Artemisia annua. A linear relationship existed between ORAC values and total phenolic contents of the medicinal herbs (R = 0.919) and culinary herbs (R = 0.986). High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with diode-array detection was used to identify and quantify the phenolic compounds in selected herbs. Among the identified phenolic compounds, rosmarinic acid was the predominant phenolic compound in Salvia officinalis, Thymus vulgaris, Origanum x majoricum, and P. longiflora, whereas quercetin-3-O-rhamnosyl-(1 {\textendash}> 2)-rhamnosyl-(1 {\textendash}> 6)-glucoside and kaempferol-3-O-rhamnosyl-(1 {\textendash}> 2)-rhamnosyl-(1 {\textendash}> 6)-glucoside were predominant phenolic compounds in Ginkgo biloba leaves.},
	keywords = {Acids, Antioxidant, Capacity, Culinary Herbs, Flavonoids, Fruits, Ginkgo-Biloba L, Identification, Leaves, Medicinal Herbs, Performance Liquid-Chromatography, Phenolics, Plant-Extracts, Thymus-Vulgaris},
	author = {W Zheng and SY Wang}
}
