Screening natural product extracts for potential enzyme inhibitors: protocols, and the standardisation of the usage of blanks in α-amylase, α-glucosidase and lipase assays

Abstract Background Enzyme assays have widespread applications in drug discovery from plants to natural products. The appropriate use of blanks in enzyme assays is important for assay baseline-correction, and the correction of false signals associated with background matrix interferences. However, t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chintha Lankatillake, Shiqi Luo, Matthew Flavel, George Binh Lenon, Harsharn Gill, Tien Huynh, Daniel Anthony Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Plant Methods
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00702-5