Fig. 1. Inhibition of triglyceride synthesis of solvent fractions from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. against HepG2 cell.
Fig. 2. Inhibition of choresterol synthesis of solvent fractions from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. against HepG2 cell.
Fig. 3. Inhibition effects of solvent fractions from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. on tyrosinase for L-tyrosine as substrate.
Fig. 4. Inhibition effects of solvent fractions from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. on tyrosinase for L-DOPA as substrate.
Table 1. Extraction yield of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. by solvent fractionation
Table 2. Organic acid compositions of Mesembryanthemum crys-tallinum L.
Table 3. Cyclitol compounds compositions of Mesembryanthe-mum crystallinum L.
Table 4. Cell viabilities of solvent fractions from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. against HepG2 by MTT assay
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