“…As a second mechanism, phenolic compounds can also effectively inhibit the digestion of starch by forming bonds with the starch molecules; this has been demonstrated in previous studies using tea polyphenols, flavonoids, ferulic acid, quercetin, tea extracts, gallic acid, lotus extracts, proanthocyanidins, tannic acid, p-coumaric acid, and sinapic acid [ 14 , 41 , 42 , 52 , 75 , 88 , 89 , 91 , 92 ]. Specifically, phenolic compounds form V-type inclusion complexes via hydrophobic interactions with amylose molecules or via hydrogen bonding with amylose or certain amylopectin side chains, thereby inhibiting the enzymatic hydrolysis of the starch molecules [ 46 , 52 ].…”