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Plant Extracts for Type 2 Diabetes: From Traditional Medicine to Modern Drug Discovery
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Lee, Jinjoo Noh, Seungjin Lim, Suhyun Kim, Bonglee |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the largest public health problems worldwide. Insulin resistance-related metabolic dysfunction and chronic hyperglycemia result in devastating complications and poor prognosis. Even though there are many conventional drugs such as metformin (MET), Thiazolidinediones (TZDs), sulfonylureas (SUF), dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, side effects still exist. As numerous plant extracts with antidiabetic effects have been widely reported, they have the potential to be a great therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes with less side effects. In this study, sixty-five recent studies regarding plant extracts that alleviate type 2 diabetes were reviewed. Plant extracts regulated blood glucose through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of plant extracts suppressed c-Jun amino terminal kinase (JNK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathways, which induce insulin resistance. Lipogenesis and fatty acid oxidation, which are also associated with insulin resistance, are regulated by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation. This review focuses on discovering plant extracts that alleviate type 2 diabetes and exploring its therapeutic mechanisms. |
| Starting Page | 81 |
| e-ISSN | 20763921 |
| DOI | 10.3390/antiox10010081 |
| Journal | Antioxidants |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-01-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Antioxidants Integrative and Complementary Medicine Diabetes Mellitus Plant Extracts Antioxidant Glucose Transport Inflammation Lipid Metabolism |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |