Oral Hypoglycemics: A Review of Chemicals Used to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Comparative Studies of the Aqueous Extracts of OcimumGratissimum, Aloe Vera, Brassica Oleraceaand Ipomoea Batatas on Some Biochemical Parameters in Diabetic Rats

“…Moreover, tannin contains drugs demonstrated antidiabtetic activity [25].The fact that plants are endowed with a variety of phytochemicals or bioactive compounds that are thought to act on a variety of targets by various modes and mechanisms [26,27] make these plants and their phytochemical components a source of anti-hyperglycemic agents.Saponin, flavonoids and tannins are reported to exhibit various hypergycemiceffects, increasing pancreatic secretions of insulin and may also participate in increased peripheral uptake of glucose [28,29].…”