Inhibitory of henna on pancreatic enzymes: extraction effect

Obesity is known as one of the biggest killer which it is the bigger compared to hunger. The obesity trends are kept increasing by year causing the major chronic diseases increasing worldwide. Therefore, this research was done in order to discover new alternative to treat obesity by utilizes the natural sources instead of using chemical drugs that have adverse side effects. The main focus of this research was to determine the content of gallic acid and quercetin present in Lawsonia inermis. This research also was done to study the inhibition effect in the L.inermis extract towards pancreatic lipase activity. L.inermis or famously known as henna contains variety type of phytochemical compounds such as phenolic compound. Researches before have proved that phenolic compound have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties which makes herbs plant such as henna have a potential in becoming the inhibitor for pancreatic lipase activity.