title: Alpha amylase inhibitors in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).
abstract: Forty varieties of sorghum grown locally and four cereals were screened for inhibitory activity against human salivary amylase. Three varieties of sorghum (IS-22422, Nagi Monadi and Ngd Marnm) had maximum inhibitory activity of 124 units. Among the cereals rice had the lowest inhibitory activity. Amylase inhibitory activity was lost on germination and heating the seeds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Gulbarga University, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Mulimani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Supriya
mesh_terms: D002523:Edible Grain / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000516:alpha-Amylases