TY - JOUR
T1 - Herbal medicines for the management of diabetes
AU - Li, George Q.
AU - Kam, Antony
AU - Wong, Ka H.
AU - Zhou, Xian
AU - Omar, Eshaifol A.
AU - Alqahtani, Ali
AU - Li, Kong M.
AU - Razmovski-Naumovski, Valentina
AU - Chan, Kelvin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5441-0_28
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5441-0_28
M3 - Article
C2 - 23393692
AN - SCOPUS:84874536619
SN - 0065-2598
VL - 771
SP - 396
EP - 413
JO - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
JF - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
ER -
