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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Phytochemical Content and Antidiabetic Properties of Most Commonly Used Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants of Kenya.

Felix Wambua Muema, Consolata Nanjala, Millicent Akinyi Oulo, Phurpa Wangchuk

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Felix Wambua MuemaCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Consolata NanjalaCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7492-4041
Millicent Akinyi OuloCAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Phurpa WangchukCentre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Building E4, McGregor Rd., Smithfield, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4381-7382

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional medicinal plants have been used for decades in folk medicines in the treatment and management of several ailments and diseases including diabetes, pain, ulcers, cancers, and wounds, among others. This study focused on the phytochemical and antidiabetic activity of the commonly used antidiabetic medicinal species in Kenya. Phytochemical profiling of these species revealed flavonoids and terpenoids as the major chemical classes reported which have been linked with strong biological activities against the aforementioned diseases, among others. However, out of the selected twenty-two species, many of the natural product isolation studies have focused on only a few species, as highlighted in the study. All of the examined crude extracts from thirteen antidiabetic species demonstrated strong antidiabetic activities by inhibiting α-glucosidase and α-amylase among other mechanisms, while nine are yet to be evaluated for their antidiabetic activities. Isolated compounds S-Methylcysteine sulfoxide, quercetin, alliuocide G, 2-(3,4-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-2,4,6-trihydroxy-3 (2

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Diabetes MellitusPlants, MedicinalBenzopyransHypoglycemic AgentsKenyaPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsQuercetinBenzopyransHypoglycemic AgentsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsQuercetinAllium cepaantidiabeticdiabetesethnomedicinephytoconstituentstraditional medicineα-glucosidase

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