Herbal medicines for the management of diabetes.

George Q. Li*, Antony Kam, K.H. Wong, Xian Zhou, E. Omar, A. Alqahtani, Kong M. Li, Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski, Kelvin Chan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Herbal medicines have been used in the management of diabetes in traditional medicine. This chapter reviews recent findings of the most popular herbs reported to treat diabetes through their relevant mechanistic pathways. These include increased insulin secretion, improvement in insulin sensitivity, enhanced glucose uptake by adipose and muscle tissues, inhibition of glucose absorption from intestine, inhibition of glucose production from hepatocytes and anti-inflammatory activities. The pharmacological activities have highlighted the potential efficacy of these herbal medicines in the management of diabetes
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDiabetes: An Old Disease, a New Insight
PublisherLandes Bioscience and Springer Science
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Dec 2012

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