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Indian plant extracts may help treat diabetes
Wednesday July 04, 2012 12:35:05 PM,
IANS
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Sydney: Scientists
have isolated some Indian and Australian medicinal plant extracts
that could potentially help manage diabetes.
Researchers from Australia's Swinburne University of Technology
have investigated 12 medicinal plant extracts to determine their
potential in slowing down two key enzymes in carbohydrate
metabolism which affect blood sugar and diabetes.
The extracts comprise seven Australian aboriginal medicinal plants
and five Indian ayurvedic plants.
Of the plant extracts, Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum)
and the Indian kino tree (Pterocarpus marsupium) had the greatest
effect in slowing down both enzymes, the journal BMC Complementary
and Alternative Medicine reports.
"Diabetes represents a global public health burden, with the World
Health Organisation estimating that more than 180 million people
worldwide currently suffer from the disease," said Enzo Palombo,
associate professor and study co-author at Swinburne.
"More than 800 plants are used as traditional remedies in one or
other form for the treatment of diabetes, but the management of
the disease without any side effects is still a challenge," said
Palombo, according to a Swinburne statement.
"The results obtained in this study showed that most of the
traditional plant extracts have good potential for the prevention
and management of diabetes," added Palombo.
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