RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious, chronic diseases that is
developing along with an increase in both obesity and ageing in the
general population. One of the therapeutic approaches for
decreasing post‐prandial hyperglycemia is to retard absorption of
glucose by the inhibition of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes, for
example alpha‐amylase and alpha‐glucosidase, in the digestive
organs. We therefore investigated the inhibitory effects of a
methanol and ethyl acetate extract from Clerodendrum multiflorum
on alpha‐amylase (Table 1).