Medicinal plants for management of diabetes: alternative or adjuvant?

References (7)

1. Poornima IG, Parikh P, Shannon RP. Diabetic cardiomyopathy: the search for a unifying hypothesis. Circ Res 2006; 98: 596-605
2. Bluestone JA, Herold K, Eisenbarth G. Genetics, pathogenesis and clinical interventions in type 1 diabetes. Nature 2010; 464: 1293-300
3. Liu HY, Cao SY, Hong T, Han J, Liu Z, Cao W. Insulin is a stronger inducer of insulin resistance than hyperglycemia in mice with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). J Biol Chem 2009; 284: 27090-100
4. Ilkhanizadeh B, Shirpoor A, Khadem Ansari MH, Nemati S, Rasmi Y. Protective effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale) extract against diabetes-induced heart abnormality in rats. Diabetes Metab J 2016; 40: 46-53
5. Giovannini P, Howes MR, Edwards SE. Data on medicinal plants used in Central America to manage diabetes and its sequelae (skin conditions, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, urinary problems and vision loss). Data Brief 2016; 7: 1217-20
6. Domingueti CP, Dusse LM, Carvalho M, de Sousa LP, Gomes KB, Fernandes AP. Diabetes mellitus: The linkage between oxidative stress, inflammation, hypercoagulability and vascular complications. J Diabetes Complications 2016; 30: 738-45
7. Khaleghi S, Hesari M, Godini A, Shackebaei D, Mostafaie A. Ethyl acetate fraction of Allium hirtifolium improves functional parameters of isolated hearts of diabetic rats. Anatol J Cardiol 2017; 17: 452-60.