Effects and mechanisms of anti-diabetic dietary natural products: an updated review
Cheng Jin, Jiahui Li, Ruo-Gu Xiong, Si-Xia Wu, Xiaoyu Xu, Guoyi Tang, Siyu Huang, Dan-Dan Zhou, Hua‐Bin Li, Yibin Feng, Ren‐You Gan
Abstract
), and vitamin C and carotenoids could play important roles in the prevention and management of diabetes. Their underlying mechanisms include exerting antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-glycation effects, inhibiting carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzymes, enhancing insulin action, alleviating insulin resistance, modulating the gut microbiota, and so on. This review can provide people with a comprehensive knowledge of anti-diabetic dietary natural products, and support their further development into functional food to prevent and manage diabetes.
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Natural (archaeology)ChemistryMedicineBiologyPaleontologyNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesPhytoestrogen effects and researchDiet, Metabolism, and Disease