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	Amylase inhibitors are also known as starch blockers because they contain substances that prevent dietary starches from being absorbed by the body.		Amylase inhibitors are also known as starch blockers because they contain substances that prevent dietary starches from being absorbed by the body.
	# Nonproteinaceous inhibitors-		# Nonproteinaceous inhibitors- The class of nonproteinaceous inhibitors contains diverse types of organic compounds such as acarbose, isoacarbose, acarviosine-glucose, hibiscus acid and the cyclodextrins. The two hibiscus acid forms, purified from Roselle tea (Hibiscus sabdariffa), the acarviosine-glucose, the isoacarbose and a-, b- and c-cyclodextrins are highly active against porcine and human pancreatic a-amylase. The inhibitory activity of these compounds against a-amylases is due in part to their cyclic structures, which resemble a-amylase substrates and there- fore bind to a-amylase catalytic sites.

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