Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 150 million people worldwide including 50 million in India. The incidence rate of the disease is expected to double by 2025. Diabetes emerges due to several factors such as inhibition of glucose absorption, increase in glucose uptake and upregulation of glucose transporters, activation of the nuclear receptor PPARí µí»¾, increase in adiponectin release, glycogen m...

The advancement in the knowledge of potent antioxidants has uncovered the way for greater insight in the treatment of diabetic complications. Lichens are a rich resource of novel bioactive compounds and their antioxidant potential is well documented. Herein we review the antidiabetic potential of lichens which have received considerable attention, in the recent past. We have correlated the anti...

diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. the management of the blood glucose level is a critical strategy in the control of diabetes complications. inhibitors of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes have been useful as oral hypoglycemic drugs for the control of hyperglycemia especially in patients with type ii disables mellitus. the goal of the present study...

to identify the antidiabetic plants of iran, a systematic review of the published literature on the efficacy of iranian medicinal plant for glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was conducted. we performed an electronic literature search of medline, science direct, scopus, proquest, ebsco, googlescholar, sid, cochrane library database, from 1966 up to june 2010. the search t...

BACKGROUND Ojamin (OJ), a polyherbal antidiabetic formulation, is extensively used as a food supplement to control diabetes alone or along with synthetic antidiabetic agents. However, it's phytochemical and pharmacological investigations are lacking. OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to study antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic potentials of OJ and its interaction with Metformin in s...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  To compare clinical consequences of using inretin-based medications versus conventional antidiabetic agents as add-on to metformin in case of monotherapy failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS   The medical literature including recent abstracts from international diabetes conferences was searched for reports from clinical trials with inc...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to (1) analyze the prevalence of diabetes, prediabetes, and antidiabetic medication in patients with psychosis compared with control subjects and (2) determine what factors in patients with psychosis were associated with antidiabetic medication. METHOD We studied 977 patients with psychosis recruited from outpatient clinics in Stockholm County, Swed...

INTRODUCTION Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia are common adverse events associated with antidiabetic medications. They are also a common cause of hospital admissions for people with diabetes. The objective of the study was to explore the trends in hospital admissions due to hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia and in the prescriptions of antidiabetic medications in England and Wales. METHODS We c...

Introduction. Several plant preparations like a mixture of aqueous extracts of Spilanthes africana; Portulaca oleracea; and Sida rhombifolia are currently utilized in Foumban (West Cameroon) to manage diabetes. The aim of this study is to investigate the antidiabetic property of the aqueous mixture of three plant extracts (1 : 1 : 1) on streptozotocin induced diabetes rats. Methods. Diabetes wa...

in india, the occurrence of diabetes mellitus is on increase and needs to be addressed properly. herbal remedies are considered most suitable for the management of type 2 diabetes due to their traditional acceptability and availability, low costs, and fewer side effects. traditionally bauhinia tomentosa l. (family- fabaceae) is used in the treatment of diabetes in india. aqueous extract and alc...