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An Overview of Hypoglycemic Traditional Drugs

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Folk or traditional systems of medicines always played an indispensable role in the global healthcare system. Traditional medicine as abundant natural resources has unique advantages in the treatment of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and other diseases due to its focus on the regulation of body functions as a whole, multi-layered mechanism and approach, which make traditional drugs widely used in all over the world. There is a long history of using plants to treat diabetes in Asia, Africa, and  Americas, and some plants and herbal preparations are effective to diabetes mellitus.

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Chen, H., Li, N. (2021). An Overview of Hypoglycemic Traditional Drugs. In: Chen, H., Zhang, M. (eds) Structure and Health Effects of Natural Products on Diabetes Mellitus. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8791-7_4

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