Research Article
Effect of Nelumbo nucifera Petal Extracts on Lipase, Adipogenesis, Adipolysis, and Central Receptors of Obesity
Table 1
Effect of N. nucifera extracts on pancreatic lipase activity.
| Test sample | Concentration | % Lipase inhibition | IC50 |
| Nelumbo nucifera methanol extract | 12.5 g/mL | 14.78 | 47 g/mL | 25 g/mL | 29.28 | 50 g/mL | 51.81 | 100 g/mL | 71.94 | 200 g/mL | 89.87 | Nelumbo nucifera successive water extract | 50 g/mL | 10 | — | Orlistat (reference standard) | 5 ng/mL | 28.31 | 26 ng/mL | 10 ng/mL | 36.89 | 25 ng/mL | 44.88 | 50 ng/mL | 66.15 | 100 ng/mL | 68.22 | 200 ng/mL | 71.91 |
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