Inhibition of Sulfoquinovosylmonoacylglycerol against α-Glucosidase Reaction

Abstract

A new α-glucosidase inhibitor was isolated from an edible brown alga Hizikia fusiformis along with the known α-glucosidase inhibitor 6-sulfo-α-D-quinovopyranosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG), and was identified as 6-sulfo-α-D-quinovopyranosylmonoacylglycerol (SQMG). SQMG inhibited α-glucosidase more potently than SQDG.