“…The inhibition of a-amylase activity, together with a-glucosidase, is considered to be an effective strategy for the control of diabetes. From this point of view, more researchers have focused on the search for more effective inhibitors of anti-diabetic compounds from natural materials (Liu, Tzeng, et al, 2011;Wang, Du, et al, 2010), such as polysaccharides from tea leaves (Xiao, Huo, et al, 2011), hydrolysate from sardine muscle (Matsui, Yoshimoto, et al, 1996) and isoflavones from soybean (Niamnuy, Nachaisin, et al, 2011).…”