Title of article :
Antioxidant plants and diabetes mellitus
Author/Authors :
Nasri, Hamid Departments of Nephrology - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Shirzad, Hedayatollah Medical Plants Research Center - Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Sharekord , eian-kopaei, Mahmoud Rafi Medical Plants Research Center - Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Sharekord , Baradaran, Azar Pathology - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Abstract :
Th e incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing rapidly and it is expected to increase by 2030. Other than currently available
therapeutic options, there are a lot of herbal medicines, which have been recommended for its treatment. Herbal medicines have
long been used for the treatment of DM because of the advantage usually having no or less side-eff ects. Most of these plants have
antioxidant activities and hence, prevent or treat hard curable diseases, other than having the property of combating the toxicity of
toxic or other drugs. In this review other than presenting new fi ndings of DM, the plants, which are used and have been evaluated
scientifi cally for the treatment of DM are introduced.
Keywords :
diabetic nephropathy , herbal drugs , Diabetes mellitus
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
