Screening of selected Arabian medicinal plant extracts for inhibitory activity against peptidases

Pharmazie. 2006 Apr;61(4):359-61.

Abstract

The methanolic extracts of 20 medicinal plants from the island Soqotra/Yemen were screened with respect to their inhibitory potency against angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), neutral endopeptidase (NEP) and aminopeptidase N (APN). Eight extracts did not show significant inhibitory activity against the enzymes tested, only Kalanchoe farinacea, Boswellia elongata and Cissus hamaderohensis inhibited all three enzymes. The most active extract was prepared from Kalanchoe farinacea characterized by low IC50 values especially for NEP and APN.

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Arabia
  • CD13 Antigens / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Neprilysin / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Protease Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Yemen

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts
  • Protease Inhibitors
  • CD13 Antigens
  • Neprilysin