چکیده (انگلیسی):

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) method was developed for screening plant extract for
potential alpha amylase (AA) inhibitory activity. The method was validated against a well established
UV method. Overall, the proposed method was shown able to detect plants with significant
alpha amylase inhibitory activity but not those with rather clinically insignificant activities. Fifty
plant species were screened using both the proposed CE method and the UV method and seven
plant species were found to possess significant AA inhibitory activities. Two plant species were
proved to have alpha amylase inhibitory activity for the first time.