Review of Antidiabetic Plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine and their Efficacy
High prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications and increasing use of complementary therapies, especially herbal therapies, and the need of developing countries to use their indigenous medical methods, motivated us to introduce some plants used in Iranian traditional medicine for The trea...
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doaj-b225ef40832e4d9f925d1d6069090e6b2021-09-19T04:26:56ZengInstitue of Medicinal Plants, ACECRJournal of Medicinal Plants2717-204X2717-20582012-02-011141111Review of Antidiabetic Plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine and their EfficacyF Hashem Dabaghian0M Kamalinejad1A Shojaii2M Abdollahi Fard3S.A Ghushegir4 1- Community Medicine Specialist, Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Depatment of Pharmacogenosy, Shahid Beheshty Universiry of Medical Sciences, Tehran Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran High prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications and increasing use of complementary therapies, especially herbal therapies, and the need of developing countries to use their indigenous medical methods, motivated us to introduce some plants used in Iranian traditional medicine for The treatment of this disease. The topic of “ziabetes”(the synonym of diabetes) in some of Iranian traditional medical texts were studied and herbal therapies of this disease were collected. Some edible plant compounds introduced and scientific names of plants in these compounds were identified. Pubmed and Scopus databases were searched for studies regarding hypoglycemic effects of these medicinal herbs on animal or human subjects. Many medicinal herbs &minerals in single or compound form have been used in Iranian traditional medicine. Plants such as Punica granatum, Rosa damascene, Plantago psyllium, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Coriandrum sativum, Portulaca oleracea and Rumex patientia are the most popular ones. Recent studies on animal or human subjects have shown the hypoglycemic effects of some of these plants. Reassessment of the effects of some antidiabetic plants used in Iranian traditional medicine, proved their efficacy mainly in animals. However, we need more clinical trials to prove safety &efficacy of these herbs and compounds.http://jmp.ir/article-1-466-en.htmltraditional medicinephytotherapyherbal medicinediabetes mellitusiran |
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Review of Antidiabetic Plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine and their Efficacy |
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Review of Antidiabetic Plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine and their Efficacy |
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Review of Antidiabetic Plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine and their Efficacy |
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Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR |
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Journal of Medicinal Plants |
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High prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications and increasing use of complementary therapies, especially herbal therapies, and the need of developing countries to use their indigenous medical methods, motivated us to introduce some plants used in Iranian traditional medicine for
The treatment of this disease. The topic of “ziabetes”(the synonym of diabetes) in some of Iranian traditional medical texts were studied and herbal therapies of this disease were collected. Some edible plant compounds introduced and scientific names of plants in these compounds were identified. Pubmed and Scopus databases were searched for studies regarding hypoglycemic effects of these medicinal herbs on animal or human subjects. Many medicinal herbs &minerals in single or compound form have been used in Iranian traditional medicine. Plants such as Punica granatum, Rosa damascene, Plantago psyllium, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Coriandrum sativum, Portulaca oleracea and Rumex patientia are the most popular ones. Recent studies on animal or human subjects have shown the hypoglycemic effects of some of these plants. Reassessment of the effects of some antidiabetic plants used in Iranian traditional medicine, proved their efficacy mainly in animals. However, we need more clinical trials to prove safety &efficacy of these herbs and compounds. |
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