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Microbial Metabolism
Published in Maria Csuros, Csaba Csuros, Klara Ver, Microbiological Examination of Water and Wastewater, 2018
Maria Csuros, Csaba Csuros, Klara Ver
Microorganisms oxidize carbohydrates to provide most of the cell’s energy. Carbohydrate catabolism is the breakdown of carbohydrate molecules to produce energy during the oxidation reaction. Therefore, it is of great importance in cell metabolism.
Potential effect of Turbinaria decurrens acetone extract on the biochemical and histological parameters of alloxan-induced diabetic rats
Published in International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2021
Omnia Hamdy Abdel-Karim, Atef Mohamed Abo-Shady, Gehan Ahmed Ismail, Saly Farouk Gheda
Diabetes is a common metabolic disorder in which the blood glucose increases above the normal range, and thus, is now recognized as one of the killer diseases (Shashi et al. 2016). According to (Haller 1998), after-meal hyperglycemia might be correlated strongly with cardiovascular mortality than fasting hyperglycemia. Many synthetic medications have been administered for diabetes treatment; however, many have been associated with manifested toxic or negative side effects (Lee et al. 2014). Therefore, exploring natural sources for diabetes treatment was a worldwide demand. In this respect, macroalgae or seaweeds have ascended as a good resource of anti-diabetic natural materials (Akbarzadeh et al. 2018; Gotama and Husni A 2018; Husni 2018; Sørensen et al. 2019). Controlling postprandial hyperglycemia can be done by inhibiting the hydrolyzing enzymes of carbohydrates in the digestive system, such as α-amylase and α- glucosidase (Pirian et al. 2017), thus decreasing the absorption of glucose in the intestine. (Ismail et al. 2020) demonstrated the inhibitory activity, in vitro, of α-amylase and α- glucosidase by Turbinaria decurrens in different extracts. In the same study, T. decurrens acetone extract exerted a potent inhibitory effect on both carbohydrate catabolism enzymes. By this means, carbohydrate breakdown and absorption as glucose is expected to be delayed and subsequently lowering postprandial blood glucose level.