Open AccessPhytotherapy in diabetes: a review of plant
Author(s) -
Monika Kuc,
Katarzyna Cyboran,
Damian Machaj,
Tomasz Korzec,
Konrad Kania
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of education, health and sport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2391-8306
DOI - 10.12775/jehs.2021.11.09.002
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , phytotherapy , medicine , diabetes mellitus , mechanism (biology) , action (physics) , alternative medicine , pharmacology , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , pathology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
More than 200 species of plants possess antidiabetic properties which were evaluated mostly by screening tests without digging far for the exact mode of action. Searching among the different literature resources and various database, this article provides a comprehensive review on the available antidiabetic plants that have been approved by pharmacological and clinical evaluations, and which their mechanism(s) of action is assured.