ACORUS CALAMUS L ON TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS MEDICATION

Diabetes is one of the metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for ~90–95% of those with diabetes, the cause is a combination of resistance to insulin action and an inadequate compensatory insulin secretory response. Adequate glycemic control is thus one of the key factors to treat and/or reduce the diabetes and many plants have been used to reduce the glucose level by inhibiting the α-glucosidase that breaks down starch and disaccharides to glucose. Acorus calamus L (AC), a folk medicine to treat type 2 diabetes. In vitro α-glucosidase assay were carried out by measuring the release of p-nitrophenol, the insulin sensitizing activity, AC significantly decreased fasting serum glucose, and suppressed the increase of blood glucose levels after 2g/kg glucose loading in normal mice, in silico study showed that chemical compound on AC can inhibit α-glucosidase and the present study is designed to investigate the effects and molecular mechanisms of AC on glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) expression and secretion related to its hypoglycemic effects. Peer Review History: Received 6 March 2020;   Revised 11 April; Accepted 1 May, Available online 15 May 2020 UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 5.5/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Name: Dr. Mohamed Said Fathy Al-Refaey Affiliation: University of Sadat City, Menofia, Egypt E-mail: mido_ph212@yahoo.com   Name: Dr. Gehan Fawzy Abdel Raoof Kandeel Affiliation: Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622,  Giza, Egypt E-mail: gehankandeel9@yahoo.com Comments of reviewer(s): Similar Articles: PLASMA FERRITIN AND HEPCIDIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-DIABETIC POTENTIALS OF PERSEA AMERICANA MILL. (LAURACEAE) FRUIT EXTRACT