Phenolic compounds and their metabolites may influence digestion, absorption and metabolism of dietary carbohydrates like starch and sucrose. Alpha-amylase and α-glucosidase are the key enzymes for digestion of dietary starch and starch-derived carbohydrates to glucose in humans. Dietary starch and starch-derived carbohydrates are generally hydrolyzed by pancreatic α-amylase with absorption aided by α-glucosidase after breakdown to glucose in order to be rapidly absorbed by the small intestine