Tetracarpidium conophorum seed extract reduces intestinal absorption, and increases cellular trapping of glucose

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Amount of glucose-6-phosphate produced and glucokinase activity following incubation with Tetracarpidium conophorum seed extract

TECOSE concentration (mg/ml)	Glucose-6-phosphate produced (mg/dl)	Glucokinase activity (U/ml/mg protein) × 10^–5
5.0	0.59 ± 0.01^a	7.68 ± 0.07^a
10.0	0.61 ± 0.01^b	7.94 ± 0.07^b
15.0	0.68 ± 0.01^c	8.86 ± 0.07^c
20.0	0.69 ± 0.01^c	8.99 ± 0.07^c
25.0	0.72 ± 0.01^d	9.39 ± 0.07^d
30.0	0.73 ± 0.00^de	9.58 ± 0.00^de
35.0	0.74 ± 0.01^ef	9.65 ± 0.07^ef
40.0	0.75 ± 0.01^efg	9.78 ± 0.07^efg
45.0	0.75 ± 0.00^fg	9.84 ± 0.00^fg
50.0	0.76 ± 0.01^g	9.97 ± 0.13^g

Values are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Means with different Tukey superscripts along the column are statistically significant at p < 0.05