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Herbal Medicines for the Management of Diabetes

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 771))

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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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    George Q. Li, Antony Kam, Ka H. Wong, Xian Zhou, Eshaifol A. Omar, Ali Alqahtani, Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski & Kelvin Chan

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  3. Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski & Kelvin Chan

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Li, G.Q. et al. (2013). Herbal Medicines for the Management of Diabetes. In: Ahmad, S.I. (eds) Diabetes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 771. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5441-0_28

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