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L’utilisation des plantes médicinales dans le traitement du diabète au Maroc

The use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diabetes in Morocco

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Le traitement actuel du diabète est efficace dans la baisse de la glycémie, cependant le contrôle adéquat quotidien de la glycémie est très difficile à atteindre dans la plupart des cas, ce qui conduit à long terme à l’émergence de complications très sérieuses. L’essor récent de la phytothérapie offre une opportunité pour trouver des molécules naturelles susceptibles d’exercer des effets bénéfiques sur la régulation du métabolisme glucidique en évitant les effets secondaires des substances synthétiques. Le Maroc, riche par sa biodiversité et son climat, est une plate-forme géographique très importante qui mérite d’être explorée dans le domaine de la recherche de molécules hypoglycémiantes originaires de plantes qui ont pour longtemps servi à une grande tranche de population comme moyen incontournable de médication. L’objectif de ce travail est de présenter des données actuelles sur l’utilisation des plantes médicinales dans le traitement du diabète au Maroc.

Abstract

The current treatment of diabetes is efficacious as far as the decrease of glycaemia is concerned, however, effective control of glycaemia is difficult to achieve in many cases and leads to the emergence of serious long term complications. Phytotherapy offers a valuable opportunity to discover new natural molecules with beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis and without any of the side effects currently observed in modern therapy. Morocco, with its rich biodiversity and climate represents an important geographical field for exploration with regard to hypoglycaemic molecules found in plants that had for a long time represented a source of medication for a large proportion of the population. The objective of this study is to present current data on the use of hypoglycaemic plants for treating diabetes mellitus in Morocco.

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  1. Physiologie et pharmacologie endocrinienne, Faculté des sciences et techniques Errachidia, BP 509, Boutalamine, Errachidia, Maroc

    M. Eddouks, M. L. Ouahidi, O. Farid, A. Moufid, A. Khalidi & A. Lemhadri

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Eddouks, M., Ouahidi, M.L., Farid, O. et al. L’utilisation des plantes médicinales dans le traitement du diabète au Maroc. Phytothérapie 5, 194–203 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10298-007-0252-4

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