Ana Laura de la Garza

TL;DR: Despite some encouraging results, more research is required for developing a valuable anti-diabetic therapy using pancreatic alpha-amylase inhibitors of plant origin, and bioactive compounds of phenolic nature that exhibit anti-Amylase activity are presented.

TL;DR: Hundreds of extracts are currently being isolated from plants, fungi, algae, or bacteria with an inhibitory effect on pancreatic lipase activity, which could be applied in the management of the obesity epidemic.

TL;DR: It is proposed that AP exerts the antiobesity effects through the regulation of genes involved in adipogenesis, lipolysis, and fatty acid oxidation, in a process that could be mediated in part by epigenetic mechanisms.

TL;DR: Only apple and cinnamon extracts were finally considered as potentially important anti-obesogenic extracts, due to their body fat-lowering effects, while the improvement of obesity-related metabolic complications by apple polyphenols highlights this extract as a promising functional food ingredient for the management of obesity and its metabolic complications.

TL;DR: Helichrysum and grapefruit extracts improve postprandial glycemic control in rats, possibly by inhibiting α-glucosidase and α-amylase enzyme activities and decreasing SGLT1-mediated glucose uptake.