FTIR spectral correlation with alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activities of selected leafy plants extracts

Abstract

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a simple, rapid analytical technique used for the identification of organic functional groups of biomolecules. This study aimed to investigate the use of FTIR spectroscopy method for rapid detection of the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of crude extracts of edible leafy plants, characterization of functional groups of chemical components present in crude extracts, and identification of possible biomolecules responsible for α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Powdered leaves of five different plants, namely Le-kola pala (LE) ( Premna procumbens ), Kora kaha (KK) ( Memecylon umbellatum ), Koppa (KO) ( Polyscias scutellaria ), Stevia (ST) ( Stevia rebaudiana ), and Yaki naran (YK) ( Atlantia ceylanica ) were sequentially extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and methanol (MeOH). The FTIR spectra of crude plant extracts were obtained following the KBr pellet method, within the range of 4000-500 cm -1 . The plant extracts were subjected to assay the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Further, the multivariate predictive models for α-glucosidase inhibitory activity were developed using partial least square (PLS) regression analysis. The highest Rc 2 (0.96), Rcv 2 (0.87), Rp 2 (0.93), and the lowest RMSEC (24.10), RMSECV (41.70), and RMSEP (81.04) values were noticed for spectral region range from 1700 cm -1 to 1800 cm -1 , indicating the strongest correlation to the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, while the spectral region range from 1500 cm -1 to 1700 cm -1 was found to have the lowest Rc 2 (0.71), Rcv 2 (0.52), Rp 2 (0.45) and the highest RMSEC (61.14) and RMSECV (80.21), indicating the lowest correlation to the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. As the peak appearing in the range of 1700-1800 cm -1 is usually ascribed to C=O stretching vibration of ester groups, ketones, and carboxylic acids, there was a strong correlation between α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with those organic functional groups. The present study suggests that FTIR spectral analysis together with PLS regression analysis would be a convenient, rapid tool to determine α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of plant extracts.

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