Abstract:The Galangal was degreased and extracted by methanol to evaluate its polyphenols content and total flavonoids content, and the relationship of them with the antioxidant capacity and inhibitory activities against pancreatic lipase and α-glucosidase were studied. The polyphenols and total flavonoids were determined respectively by Folin-Ciocalteu assay and AlCl3 colorimetric method. The antioxidant potential was estimated by DPPH method, ABTS method and FRAP method. Additionally, inhibitory effects against pancreatic lipase and α-glucosidase in vitro were also assessed. The results showed that the polyphenols and total flavonoids were 62.91 mg GAE/g DW and 13.12 mg QE/g DW, respectively. When concentration of Galangal methanol extract was near 50 mg/mL, the scavenging rate of DPPH reached 95.78% (IC50=6.37 mg/mL) and ABTS reached 99.03% (IC50=2.24 mg/mL). The FRAP value of the methanol extract was 428.92 μmol Fe2+/g DW. The results also showed that inhibitory activities against pancreatic lipase and α-glucosidase, expressed by IC50, were 205.87 mg/mL and 1.32 mg/mL, respectively. In summary, the Galangal contained abundant in polyphenols and flavonoids, and had strong antioxidant and inhibitory activities against pancreatic lipase and α-glucosidase, and this inclined its prospective explorement of the hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic products.