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Hypoglycemic Herbs and Their Action Mechanisms |
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Hongxiang Hui  , George Tang and Vay Liang W Go
Chinese Medicine 2009,
4:11doi:10.1186/1749-8546-4-11
Conventional drugs treat diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity,
increasing insulin production and/or decreasing the amount of glucose
in blood. Several herbal preparations are used to treat diabetes, but
their reported hypoglycemic effects are complex or even paradoxical in
some cases. This article reviews recent findings about some of the most
popular hypoglycemic herbs, such as ginseng, bitter melon and Coptis
chinensis. Several popular commercially available herbal preparations
are also discussed, including ADHF (anti-diabetes herbal formulation),
Jiangtangkeli, YGD (Yerbe Mate-Guarana-Damiana) and BN
(Byakko-ka-ninjin-to). The efficacy of hypoglycemic herbs is achieved
by increasing insulin secretion, enhancing glucose uptake by adipose
and muscle tissues, inhibiting glucose absorption from intestine and
inhibiting glucose production from heptocytes.
The complete article is available as a provisional PDF. The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production.
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