Title:Recent Trends on Plants and Agricultural Products as Nutritional Source in Treating Diabetes
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Author(s): Suryakant Verma*Milind Sharad Pande
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutics, IIMT College of Medical Sciences, IIMT University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250001, India
Keywords:
Diabetes prevention, herbal remedies, action mechanisms, human clinical trial, traditional medicine, phytomolecules.
Abstract: A metabolic disease that requires insulin and is marked by consistently high blood
sugar levels is known as diabetes mellitus. Many healthcare systems throughout the world have
long relied on medicinal herbs as a means of addressing diabetes and its complications. Traditional
medicine derived from plant extracts has several advantages over contemporary pharmaceuticals,
including lower costs, greater clinical efficacy, and fewer side effects. Primarily, the
condition has been managed by a range of synthetic medications that improve the altered glycemic
state in individuals with diabetes. Synthetic medications work well, but along with their
benefits, they come with noticeable adverse effects. Due to the lack of knowledge regarding
their chemical composition, preparation method, active bio-actives, potential side effects, and
the optimal way to administer them, medicinal plants have not been fully utilised as acceptable
drugs in the treatment of diabetes, despite their long history of use as primary health care. Because
of a lack of sufficient data on the parameters described earlier, most medicinal plants that
show promise as anti-diabetic agents do not make it to the clinical trial phase. Medicinal plants
that have been studied in humans with diabetes and shown promise as a treatment for the disease,
either alone or in conjunction with other plants, are summarised in this review. Pharmacologically
active phytomolecules with an antidiabetic action that are derived from medicinal
plants were the primary topic of this review article. Its goal was to discuss their importance in
diabetes management and therapy. These all-natural substances have the potential to be successful
and alternative diabetes treatments, as well as a new method of approaching the disease.
