Abstract:Objective: To study inhibitory activity of raw products and five processed products of Psoralea corylifolia for α-glucosidase. Method: With acarbose as positive control,inhibitory activity was screened by α-glucosidase in vitro inhibitory model. Result: Each parts from raw and processed products of P. corylifolia had some α-glucosidase inhibitory activity,and the activity of them were higher than acarbose.Methanol total extracts of salt steamed P. corylifolia,fried salt P. corylifolia and fried P. corylifolia showed higher inhibitory activity (IC50=23.03,31.26,36.06 μg·L-1,respectively) than methanol total extract of raw P. corylifolia (IC50=46.47 μg·L-1). Petroleum ether extracts of salt steamed P. corylifolia and tripterygium wilfordii method P. corylifolia had higher inhibitory activity (IC50=17.96,34.02 μg·L-1,respectively) than petroleum ether extracts of raw P. corylifolia (IC50=46.94 μg·L-1).Acetic ether extracts of five processed products (salt steamed P. corylifolia,tripterygium wilfordii method P. corylifolia,fried salt P. corylifolia,fried P. corylifolia ang wine fried P. corylifolia) had higher inhibitory activity (IC50=51.27,39.08,40.86,45.54,36.06 μg·L-1,respectively) than acetic ether extracts of raw P. corylifolia (IC50=71.28 μg·L-1).n-Butyl alcohol extacts of salt steamed P. corylifolia and wine fried P. corylifolia showed higher inhibitory activity (IC50=47.52,36.06 μg·L-1,respectively) than n-butyl alcohol extacts of raw P. corylifolia (IC50=51.27 μg·L-1). In addition,the inhibitory activity of each parts extracts was positively correlated with the mass concentration,that was in a concentration dependent manner. Conclusion: Raw products and five processed products of P. corylifolia exhibited certain α-glucosidase inhibitory activity.