Controlling diabetes with the aid of medicinal herbs: a critical compilation of a decade of research [08.08.22]
Forscher vermuten, dass verschiedene Kräuterinhaltsstoffe positiv auf den Zuckerstoffwechsel wirken und auf diese Weise die Diabetestherapie unterstützen. Ein Indisch-deutsches Forscherteam unter Beteiligung einer Hohenheimer Forscherin fässt die Erkenntnisse eines Forschungsjahrzehnts in einem aktuellen Artikel zusammen.
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Originalartikel
(2022) Controlling diabetes with the aid of medicinal herbs: a critical compilation of a decade of research, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2103088 
- Technical University of Munich, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Straubing, Germany
- German institute of Food Technologies (dil e.v.), Quakenbrück, Germany
- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Tropics and Subtropics Group, Stuttgart, Germany;
- Department of Food technology, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, India
Abstract
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder owing to the insulin faulty production or the resistance to the action mechanism where the accumulation of glucose is the major side effect in the body in the case of diabetes. Numerous herbs with the potential of reducing glucose production along with combating the secondary ailments associated with it but >1% out of 250,000 have been pharmacologically validated. Affordability and historical usage of these herbal remedies often result in patients’ preference as primary or as adjunctive to conventional therapies. Clinical trials conducted with herbs are necessary for determining the efficacy of the herbs against diabetes. Additional benefits of herbal employment include the treatment of secondary ailments in patients along with diabetes including triglyceride reduction, cholesterol level management, body mass index, and cardiovascular disease control. Any individual extract marketed as antidiabetic formulations requires clinical validation before adoption but with ongoing disease status, quick validation in protocols and testing is needed to understand, isolate and cross-verify the status of the bioactive ingredient in individual herb and the polyherb extract formulations. Standardization, characterization, long-term role and impact on the human body, efficacy status, and toxicity profile need to be addressed fully for each active ingredient before it is advanced for production. Therefore, after trials, the related regulatory bodies will be approached to confirm the safety status and efficacy of the prepared concoction.
