THE RELEVANCE OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS IN HUMAN
PATIENTS AND ANIMAL MODELS OF DIABETES
Afef BLAITI1, Mohamed AMMARI1,2,
Alin CIOBICA3,4,5,6,
Ionut-Alexandru CHELARU7,8,
Radu LEFTER3, Mircea NICOARA4,7
1 University of Carthage,
Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Integrative Physiology, Jarzouna,
7021, Tunisia
2 University of Tunis El
Manar, Higher Institute of Applied Biological Sciences of Tunis, 9, Rue Zouhair
Essafi, 1006, Tunis, Tunisia
3Center of Biomedical
Research of the Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch, Romania
4Department of Biology,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 11 Carol I Blvd., 700506, Iasi, Romania
5Academy of Romanian
Scientists, Ilfof nr. 3, Sector 5, 050044
Bucuresti, Romania
6Preclinical Department,
Apollonia University, Păcurari Street 11, 700511 Iași, Romania
7Doctoral School of
Geosciences, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
of Iași, CarolI Avenue, 20A, Iași, Romania
8 Doctoral School of
Biology, Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași,
Carol I Avenue, 20A, Iași, Romania
Abstract. Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by
hyperglycemia; medicinal plants have therapeutic uses in the management of
diabetes. Various experiments have been conducted using animal models and
clinical trials to explore the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of
diabetes. The aim of this work is to present the relevance of some plant
extracts in human patients and animal models of diabetes.
Key words: Diabetes, Plant
extract, Animal model, Clinical trial
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscibio.2023.2.81
