PMID- 28891092 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171003 LR - 20180424 IS - 1749-6632 (Electronic) IS - 0077-8923 (Linking) VI - 1401 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Aug TI - Plant non-starch polysaccharides that inhibit key enzymes linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 28-36 LID - 10.1111/nyas.13430 [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a metabolic disease becoming ever more common, is the result of disturbed glyco- and lipid metabolism. On the basis of their inhibitory effects against several key enzymes linked to T2DM, synthetic antidiabetic agents have been developed and used for diabetic therapy, some with adverse side effects. Fortunately, many plant non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) have been shown to possess inhibitory effects on the same T2DM-related enzymes. Through a simple literature search we found that alpha-amylase, alpha-glucosidase, lipase, and dipeptidyl-peptidase IV are the enzymes most often reported in the context of T2DM. In this short review we discuss published evidence for inhibition of these enzymes and the implications for treating T2DM. CI - (c) 2017 New York Academy of Sciences. FAU - Liu, Dan AU - Liu D AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. FAU - Gao, He AU - Gao H AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. FAU - Tang, Wei AU - Tang W AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. FAU - Nie, Shaoping AU - Nie S AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Ann N Y Acad Sci JT - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences JID - 7506858 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - EC 3.1.1.3 (Lipase) RN - EC 3.2.1.1 (alpha-Amylases) RN - EC 3.4.14.5 (Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4) SB - IM MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/*enzymology MH - Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Lipase/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Plant Extracts/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Polysaccharides/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - alpha-Amylases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - inhibition activity OT - key enzymes OT - plant non-starch polysaccharides OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2017/09/12 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/04 06:00 CRDT- 2017/09/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/nyas.13430 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2017 Aug;1401(1):28-36. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13430.