“…However, some organic compounds, among them acarbose, may inhibit the activity of these enzymes (Geng & Bai, 2008;Ritz et al, 2012) and thus prevent or attenuate hyperglycemic peaks (Coniff, Shapiro, Seaton, & Bray, 1995;Pereira et al, 2011;Scheen, Magalhaes, Salvatore, & Lefebvre, 1994;Sybuia, Guilhermetti, Mangolim, Bazotte, & Matioli, 2014-2015Wong & Jenkins, 2007). Acarbose has been widely studied for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes (Ritz et al, 2012;Rosak, Haupt, Walter, & Werner, 2002;Yee & Fong, 1996) as a therapeutic agent added to food or as a drug administered orally (Espín, García-Conesa, & Tomás-Barberán, 2007;Eng Kiat Loo & Huang, 2007).…”