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Review
. 2019 Sep 30;9(10):551.
doi: 10.3390/biom9100551.

Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components

Bahare Salehi  1 , Athar Ata  2 , Nanjangud V Anil Kumar  3 , Farukh Sharopov  4 , Karina Ramírez-Alarcón  5 , Ana Ruiz-Ortega  6 , Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi  7   8 , Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou  9 , Farzad Kobarfard  10   11 , Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria  12   13 , Marcello Iriti  14 , Yasaman Taheri  15 , Miquel Martorell  16   17 , Antoni Sureda  18 , William N Setzer  19 , Alessandra Durazzo  20 , Massimo Lucarini  21 , Antonello Santini  22 , Raffaele Capasso  23 , Elise Adrian Ostrander  24 ; Atta-ur-Rahman  25 ; Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary  26 , William C Cho  27 , Javad Sharifi-Rad  28
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Review

Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components

Bahare Salehi et al. Biomolecules. .

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems in the world, the incidence and associated mortality are increasing. Inadequate regulation of the blood sugar imposes serious consequences for health. Conventional antidiabetic drugs are effective, however, also with unavoidable side effects. On the other hand, medicinal plants may act as an alternative source of antidiabetic agents. Examples of medicinal plants with antidiabetic potential are described, with focuses on preclinical and clinical studies. The beneficial potential of each plant matrix is given by the combined and concerted action of their profile of biologically active compounds.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, medicinal plants; antidiabetic; antihyperglycemic; hypoglycemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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