Medicinal plants with hypoglycemic activity

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease. Oxidative stress plays a major part in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Supplementation with antioxidants and the medicinal plants which possess antioxidants activity have been reported their hypoglycemic activity. The antioxidants are used to treat and reduce the complication of diabetes mellitus. The diet supplementations of antioxidants vitamins are beneficial in the treatment of diabetes. This review article was summarizing the role of antioxidants in diabetes mellitus.

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Hypoglycemic activity and antioxidant potential of some medicinal plants traditionally used in Turkey for diabetes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.jep.2010.01.040 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 128 (2) ◽

pp. 384-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Mustafa Aslan ◽

Nilüfer Orhan ◽

Didem Deliorman Orhan ◽

Fatma Ergun

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Hypoglycemic Activity ◽

Antioxidant Potential

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Hypoglycemic activity of medicinal plants

Archives of Pharmacal Research ◽

10.1007/bf02858177 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 371-373 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Chang-Johng Kim ◽

Seung-Kil Cho ◽

Myung-Su Shin ◽

Hyun Cho ◽

Dong-Suk Ro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Hypoglycemic Activity

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Indian Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Potential

Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics ◽

10.22270/jddt.v9i1.2282 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 257-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Abu Sufiyan Chhipa ◽

S.S. Sisodia

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Side Effects ◽

General Population ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Hypoglycemic Activity ◽

Herbal Drugs ◽

Disease Treatment ◽

Drug Candidates ◽

Indian Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants should be evaluated extensively to determine the active principles present in them that are responsible for the hypoglycemic activity of these plants. Herbal drugs have gained popularity among the general population due to their ability to treat ailments with minimum side effects. The multi-target approaches of medicinal plants make them least susceptible to failure during the treatment therapy. Medicinal plants showing prominent anti-diabetic activity during the initial studies should be further explored to identify the active principles present in them that can become the promising drug candidates for the disease treatment in the coming future. Keywords: Anti-diabetic, Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin, hypoglycemic, anti-hyperglycemic, anti-hyperlipidemic

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