Diabetes is a chronic disease where in there is high sugar level in blood either due to insufficient insulin production or to the inability of cells to respond to insulin. Diabetes can cause a lot of long-term complications that affect different parts of the body. It can cause eye complications such as glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and blindness. Foot complications that can lead to amputation can also result from uncontrolled diabetes. Skin infections and disorders are more common to people with diabetes. It also causes heart problems, ischemia, stroke, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Diabetes during pregnancy can also cause birth defects (Nordqvist, 2010). Diabetes can affect any person. Type I diabetes occurs equally …show more content…
The most studied plant families for their hypoglycemic effects are Leguminoseae, Araliaceae, Liliaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Moraceae, Asteracea, Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Lamiaceae (Chauhan, 2010). Bioactive drugs isolated from different plants having hypoglycemic effects showed antidiabetic activity. Most of these plants are more potent than known synthetic oral hypoglycemic agents (Chauhan, 2010). Therefore, herbal plants have potential hypoglycemic activity that should be studied in order to produce diabetes drugs that are safe, economical, and effective. Gynura Procumbens Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. belongs to the family Asteraceae. It is locally known as Sambung Nyawa or Sabungai. It is an evergreen shrub with medicinal properties widely distributed in South East Asia. The leaves of Gynura procumbens are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate. Leaf size ranges from 3.5 to 8 cm long and 0.8 to 3.5 cm wide. The flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1 to 1.5 cm long (Sekar, 2014). It has been used by rural communities in Malaysia, Thailand, and Philippines to treat various ailments including diabetes. This plant is reported to be useful for hypertension, anti-inflammation, anti-herpes simplex virus, prevention of rheumatism, and treatment of eruptive fevers, kidney troubles, colon cancer, hemorrhoids and diabetes. The leaves of this
Diabetes can be defined as a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. This disorder usually occurs in a person’s genes. This means that many people may have diabetes because someone in their family has had it in the past. Diabetes is characterized by the minimal production and usage of insulin. This results in an excess amount of sugar in the blood and urine. Some other side effects that may occur in a patient with diabetes is, excessive thirst, weight loss, and in some. In much more serious cases of diabetes, small blood vessels are destroyed leading to infections and gangrene, which results in amputation of limbs, and blindness. Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood sugar. Blood sugar is also known
To tested the effects of this plant, a research study was conducted through an online survey among college students. A group of undergrad college student was randomly selected through email from a large university in southwestern Unites States to participate. The study procedure was an online survey, with based questionnaire on college student’s achievement, lifestyle, alcohol, and other drugs behavior if a user of drugs. The data was base on the usage of drugs within the two semesters of fall 2006 and spring 2007. To get respondents to participate, rewards were offered for anyone who
- The poisonous bark of curare lianas helps to treat muscular sclerosis, Parkinson?s disease, and is also an anesthetic.
Diabetes should be studied due to the increased trend affecting larger numbers of people. According to the American Diabetes Association, the annual incidence of diabetes was estimated at 18,436 with type 1 diabetes, 5,089 with type 2 diabetes. The severity of this condition can be life- threatening. If not taken care of, diabetes will end in extreme illnesses, and potentially death. It is important to take care of your body and make sure you are getting the proper nutrition needed. As stated by the American Diabetes Association, long-term complications of diabetes include potential loss of vision, renal failure, foot ulcers, amputations, and Charcot joints; and autonomic neuropathy causing gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and cardiovascular symptoms and sexual dysfunction. Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence
Diabetes is a disease that can lead to heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure, nerve damage, or blindness (Turkoski, 2006). It not only costs many individuals their lives, but it also causes untold emotional and physical problems for people with diabetes and their families. In addition, the cost of care associated with diabetes and the associated complications exceeds $132 billion annually.
grandis in the islands of Hawaii. Coccinia grandis is a potential health asset hidden beneath an identity as a noxious weed, and should be researched and developed for medicinal purposes. According to Voigt (N.d.), C. grandis has shown potential in treating diabetes, cataracts, gonorrhea and in usage as a laxative. A double-blind study was enacted focusing on the effect of C. grandis on blood sugar, with results showing that C. grandis acts as a hypoglycemic agent (Munasinghe, Abeysena, Yaddehige, Vidanapathirana & Piyumal, 2011, p.1). This
Long-term effects of diabetes can cause many serious complications: heart disease, stroke, blindness, amputations, and kidney disease and nerve damage. These complications are usually progressive and develop over time due to poor control of blood glucose levels. High blood glucose levels cause a narrowing of all the vessels, blockage, and high blood pressure.
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The diuretic activity of Silybum Mariamum L. was higher than that of furosemide or Cistus landaniferus L. In addition, both plants increased urinary excretion of sodium, potassium and creatinine and the effect of Silybum marianum L. was higher than that of furosemide or Cistus landaniferus L.. Interestingly, both plants did not cause changes in the plasma sodium or potassium while furosemide caused hypokalemia. These findings are important since both plants might have a potential to be used as a future diuretics without hypokalemia which is a common finding with use of current diuretics such loop diuretics or hydrochlorothiazide. Because there was no effect of the plants` extract on plasma electrolytes and plasma osmolarity, it might be suggested that the active principle(s) in both plants may has/have a potassium-sparing effect. Furthermore, both plants increased creatinine clearance and studying their effect in kidney failure might explore their potential to help increasing creatinine clearance or ameliorating acute/chronic kidney
Diabetics who have been searching for a safer solution to controlling their high blood sugar may be able to find it in a supplement called “hintonia iatiflora.” This tree originates in Mexico and South America, so those who live in the United States have often never heard of it. But that needs to change because research has shown that it can potentially work as well as, or better than, many pharmaceutical products that are designed for the same purpose. Read on for more information about why hintonia iatiflora is being called an “herbal rescue for high blood sugar.”
Several botanicals, including Crataegus oxycantha, Terminalia arjuna, Inula racemosa, and Astragalus membranaceus, have been found to have therapeutic benefit for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Crataegus oxycantha has been used traditionally as a cardiac tonic and current uses include treatment for angina, hypertension, arrhythmias, and congestive heart failure. Animal studies have also indicated that Crataegus extracts may also have potential use as anti-ischemic and lipid-lowering agents. The bark of the Terminalia arjuna tree has a long history of use as a cardiac tonic as well, and has been indicated in the treatment of coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypercholesterolemia and for relief of anginal pain. Additionally, it
Diabetes is linked to heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, gum disease, damage to the nervous system, cancer, and tissue death that can necessitate amputation. Diabetes can shorten life span and cause body to age prematurely.
The use of traditional medicine among people in the worldwide and prescription of herbal medicine along with conventional medicine, has caused it was important in the recent years (36) therefor, the use of Lycium barbarium could be considered as an alternative treatment in order to decrease of blood glucose level in diabetes.
A recent article which was published in nature medicine by Lee and colleagues1 on antidiabetic properties of Withaferin A by leptin sensitization potential is an important contribution to the current therapeutic understanding of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Withaferin A is a natural steroidal lactone present in roots, berries, bark and leaves of Withania Somnifera plant which belongs to Solanaceae family2. Withania Somnifera or Ashwagnadha is a very well-known medicinal plant in Indian System of Ayurvedic medicine 3. Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine practiced in India can be traced back as long as up to 6000 BC and Charaka mentioned about this plant in his Charaka Samhita and many people still follow this system of medicine 4. The roots from this plant smells like horse, therefore, the name Ashwagnadha which is synonymous and literal translation (horse smell) to its smell or odor (In Sanskrit, Ashwa means Horse and Gandha means smell) 5. Also, from past 6000 years this plant roots, berries and leaves extracts has been used as a Rasayana
In recent years much research is focused on the development of herbal medicines which offer exemplary source for drug discovery [3]. Despite remarkable advances made in the management of diabetes by the use of synthetic drugs, there has been a renewed interest in medicinal plants because generally they do not elicit any side effects. Dill (Anethum graveolans L.) aerial parts have a renewed interest in medicinal plants because generally they do not elicit any side effects.