Table 1 Pancreatic lipase inhibitory activities of crude extracts from Korean medicinal plants.

1

Polygonum aviculare L.

Polygonaceae

63.97 ± 0.05^a

2

Sigesbeckia glabrescens (Makino) Makino

Compositae

59.94 ± 0.01^b

3

Senna tora (L.) Roxb.

Leguminosae

57.87 ± 0.60^c

4

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Bean) Stapf ex Rendle

Gramineae

57.59 ± 0.41^c

5

Epimedium koreanum Nakai

Berberidaceae

57.32 ± 2.03^c

6

Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina Nakai

Labiatae

56.88 ± 0.85^c

7

Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

Taxaceae

54.85 ± 0.31^d

8

Dendranthema indicum (L.) Des Moul.

Compositae

54.34 ± 0.02^d

9

Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi

Leguminosae

53.74 ± 1.36^d

10

Artemisia annua L.

Compositae

52.80 ± 0.07^d

11

Trachelospermum asiaticum (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai

Apocynaceae

46.32 ± 0.10^e

12

Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge

Rosaceae

46.27 ± 0.58^e

13

Morus alba L.

Moraceae

45.72 ± 0.89^e

14

Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.

Schisandraceae

42.14 ± 1.56 ^f

15

Equisetum hyemale L.

Equisetaceae

39.46 ± 1.21 ^g

16

Cirsium japonicum var. maackii (Maxim.) Matsum.

Compositae

37.59 ± 0.67 ^g

17

Equisetum arvense L.

Equisetaceae

32.61 ± 1.33 ^h

18

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.

Leguminosae

32.60 ± 1.55 ^h

19

Aralia cordata var. continentalis (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu

Araliaceae

29.97 ± 1.50ⁱ

20

Cnidium officinale Makino

Umbelliferae

26.89 ± 1.39^j

21

Zea mays L.

Gramineae

23.93 ± 1.07^k

22

Viscum album var. coloratum (Kom.) Ohwi

Loranthaceae

20.95 ± 0.41 ^l

23

Lycium chinense Mill.

Solanaceae

17.31 ± 0.84 ^m

24

Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.

Cucurbitaceae

13.86 ± 0.10ⁿ

25

Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem.

Araliaceae

13.66 ± 0.95ⁿ

26

Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Steud.

Scrophulariaceae

13.58 ± 0.95ⁿ

27

Aconitum pseudolaeve Nakai

Ranunculaceae

10.97 ± 1.10^o

28

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

Eucommiaceae

10.55 ± 1.15^o

29

Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

Liliaceae

6.69 ± 1.24^p

30

Scrophularia buergeriana Miq.

Scrophulariaceae

3.62 ± 0.52^q

31

Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc.

Boraginaceae

−3.44 ± 0.76^r

32

Solanum lyratum Thunb.

Solanaceae

−14.45 ± 3.90^s

33

Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.

Campanulaceae

−19.75 ± 1.04^t

34

Liriope platyphylla F.T. Wang & T. Tang

Liliaceae

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