A review on Malaysian medicinal plants having
anti-hyperglycemic activity
Kifayatullah
Muhammad;Shahimi
Mustapha
Mohd;Amin
Muhammad;Hameed
Sardar;Ullah Izhar
【期刊名称】《海岸生命医学杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2016(004)011
【摘要】The use of natural products as a source of remedies has long history since ancient times. Currently, medicinal plants are traditional practices for an extensive range of therapeutics and pharmacological activities like hypoglycemic, immunological, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-hepatic, cardiovascular and central nervous effect. In the past, the use of plant based medicines was mainly restricted to developing countries because of insufficient resources, but currently the trend is changed and natural products as a source of medicines are growing rapidly in developed countries. It is confirmed from research articles that nearly about 75%–80% of the reserved zone inhabitants used natural products for their health remedies. In all, about 250 000–500 000 species of plants exist worldwide and almost 800 plants have been documented for use in folklore systems of medicine. Regarding to this, Malaysia is being accepted as one of the largest biodiversity countries. In Malaysia, 12 000 species of natural products exist and 1 200 are documented to have remedial potential against various diseases. In the
A review on Malaysian medicinal plants having anti-hyperglycemic activity
