Abstract

A REVIEW ON ROLE OF NUTRACEUTICAL IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS (DM)

Dr. Mohd. Wasiullah, Piyush Yadav*, Vinaykant and Sushil Yadav

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Abstract

Recent years witnessed an upsurge in the use of nutraceuticals, nutritionals and naturals in therapeutics at global level. Conventional treatment options available as synthetic drugs does not meet properly the therapeutic needs for treating diabetes and the herbal drugs provide a better therapeutic hope with lesser side effects. Nutraceuticals are non-specific biological therapies including botanicals, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids, which are used to promote wellness, prevent malignant processes and control symptoms. Nutraceutical agents have multidimensional therapeutic benefits and have been claimed to have effective disease preventing, curative and health promotive virtues. Several nutraceuticals used in clinical practice have been shown to target the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and their complications and to favourably modulate a number of biochemical and clinical endpoints. Hypoglycaemic drugs are widely used in several traditional systems of medicine to prevent diabetes mellitus. This review attempts to display and remark some of the most popular nutraceuticals being use as anti-diabetic.

Keywords: Nutraceuticals, Diabetes Mellitus, Herbal drugs, Macronutrient, Micronutrient, Oxidative stress, Vitamin.