Figure 6
Inhibition of phospholipase A
2
(A) and pancreatic lipase (B) activity by individual spice extracts: black pepper (
), clove (
), cinnamon (
), ginger (
), oregano (
), paprika (
), rosemary (
), garlic (
) and turmeric (
). Values are normalized to vehicle-treated controls and expressed as the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. Due to color interference with the PL assay, values could not be obtained for turmeric or cinnamon at 200 μg/ml. Interference with the PLA2 assay prevented values from being obtained for garlic.