Abstract:Cereals and beans are abundant in hypoglycemic active substances. In order to explore the hypoglycemic mechanism of active substances in cereals and beans, the hypoglycemic active substances in a multi-grains formula (MGF) rice composed of mung bean, Tartary buckwheat, black rice, black sticky rice, oat germ rice and white rice were investigated in this study. Polyphenols and inositol extracts (PIEs) were obtained by extracting polyphenols and inositol from the MGF after hightemperature air fluidization (HTAF) and steaming, and the in vitro hypoglycemic activity of PIEs was evaluated. LC-MS and HPLC analyses revealed that the main active substances in PIEs were rutin, isovitexin, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, quercetin, myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol. The MGF PIEs subjected to steaming in the absence of high-temperature air fluidization exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect against α-amylase, with the IC50 value being 17.07 mg/mL, whilst the MGF PIEs after high-temperature air fluidization and steaming exhibited the highest inhibitory activity on α-glucosidase, with the IC50 value being 0.51 mg/mL. Meanwhile, in the absence or presence of steaming, the MGF PIEs subjected to HTAF exhibited a stronger inhibitory effect on glucose transport in a Caco-2 cell monolayer with a cell glucose transfer rate lower than 50% at the 60th min and lower than 65% at the 120th min. Furthermore, MGF PIEs showed a strong anti-glycosylation effect, with the highest anti-glycosylation rate up to 69.79%. Correlation analysis revealed a significant correlation between the polyphenols and inositol contents, and the hypoglycemic activity, with the flavonoids content exhibiting the strongest correlation. This study provides a theoretical basis for the application of cereal diet in preventing diabetic metabolic diseases.