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Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants Used for Treatment of Diabetes in Human Clinical Trials: An ASEAN Perspective
- Source :
- Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 2021 (2021), Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Traditionally, there are some medicinal plants believed to treat diabetes, as they have been proven in research studies to possess antidiabetic properties, such as improved insulin sensitivity and hypoglycemic activities, due to their high level of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, and glycosides. We conducted a systematic review to identify potential medicinal plants used during human clinical trials in the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) countries on prediabetic or type 2 diabetic individuals and to potentially identify any bioactive compounds involved in effectively treating symptoms of diabetes such as lowering of blood glucose. A total of 1209 reference titles were retrieved from four selected databases (Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and PubMed) and only three met the inclusion criteria. Upon evaluation of the selected articles, four medicinal plants were identified: turmeric (Curcuma longa), garlic (Allium sativum L.), bitter melon (Momordica charantia), and Rosella flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.). Of these, only the bitter melon study did not show any significant change in the blood glucose of participants after intervention. This review demonstrates the limitations in published articles of human clinical trials for medicinal plants’ intervention for diabetes. Upon further investigations on the four identified medicinal plants included in the animal studies, the findings showed positive effects in the management of diabetes, such as hyperglycemia. Hence, further testing and standardization of the methods in the studies can be suggested for human clinical trials for reliable data collections such as methods of extract preparation, duration of intervention, and conditions set for the study design.
- Subjects :
- Traditional medicine
biology
Momordica
business.industry
Hibiscus sabdariffa
food and beverages
Review Article
medicine.disease
Southeast asian
biology.organism_classification
Allium sativum
Clinical trial
Other systems of medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Curcuma
Medicinal plants
business
RZ201-999
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17414288 and 1741427X
- Volume :
- 2021
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa0aaf47454315a148826311427bd8d4