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# Citrus limetta peel extract helps diabetes mellitus
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/citrus_limetta_peel_extract_diabetes_mellitus_0115151005/
- Published: 2015-01-15T11:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:29:47.000Z
- Description: A Mexican study found Citrus limetta peel extract at 20 mg/ml inhibited alpha-amylase by nearly 50 percent and alpha-glucosidase by nearly 30 percent, enzymes that break down carbohydrates. The researchers credit the peel's antioxidative polyphenols.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Thursday Jan 15, 2015 (foodconsumer.org) -- Anything that inhibits or reduces the activity of enzymes that hydrolyze carbohydrates can help manage type 2 diabetes mellitus. An extract of Citrus limetta peel can reduce the activity of such enzymes significantly, according to a study led by Villanueva-Rodríguez S at Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco in JAL, Mexico and colleagues.Specifically the extract inhibited the activities of alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase by nearly 50% and nearly 30%, respectively, at a concentration of 20 mg/ml.The researchers said the inhibition is due likely to the high antioxidative polyphenols in the Citrus limetta peel (19.1 mg GAE/g).The study was reported in ScientificWorldJournal. 2014 (david Liu)