Species of Plants Reported to Be Used Traditionally to Treat Diabetes
Order/Family
Lauraceae
Lauraceae
Lauraceae Lauraceae Lauraceae Lauraceae Lauraceae
Piperales
Piperaceae
Piperaceae
Piperaceae
Monocots Alismatales
Araceae
Araceae
Araceae
Species
Cinnamomum cassia D. Don.
Cinnamomum tamala T. Nees & Eberm.
Distribution and Area Traditionally Used
Africa, Asia, India
Tropics
Cinnamomum zeylanicum Europe Blume Laurus nobilis L.
Persea americana Mill. Persea gratissima Gaertn. Phoebe wightii Meisn.
Piper cubeba Bojer Piper longum Blume Piper nigrum L.
Africa
Canaries
India
Part Used Comments about Activity
Leaf, bark Cinnamaldehyde isolated from bark inhibits aldose reductase (Lee, 2002)
Bark Extracts decrease blood glucose in alloxan-treated rats (Kar et al., 2003)
Bark Antinociceptive in vivo (Atta and
Alkofahi, 1998) Leaf Used to treat diabetes (Marles and
Farnsworth, 1995) Leaf Extracts could decrease absorption of glucose (Gallagher et al., 2003) Seed, bark Extract used to treat diabetes
(Marles and Farnsworth, 1995) Aerial parts Shows hypoglycemic activity in rats (Abraham et al., 1986)
E. Asia, Europe, All India
India, S.E. Asia All
Africa, All
Amorphophallus konjac K. E. Asia Kock
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.
Scindapsus officinalis Schott Melet
Asia
India
Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton crispus L.
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscoreaceae Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea asclepiadea Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea batatas Decne. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
E. Asia
E. Asia Asia
Used to treat diabetes (Marles and
Farnsworth, 1995) Used to treat diabetes (Marles and
Farnsworth, 1995) Used to treat diabetes (Marles and Farnsworth, 1995)
Rhizome Used as health food for weight loss because it lowers blood glucose. Active compounds are konjak oligosaccharides and galactomannan (Yang et al., 2001)
Rhizome Flavone-C-glycosides have antidiabetic activity (Nishimura et al., 1992)
Fruit Fruit reported to have antidiabetic activity (Marles and Farnsworth, 1995)
All Used to treat diabetes (Dhawan et al., 1980)
Bulb Used to treat diabetes (Marles and
Farnsworth, 1995)
Tuber Extract lowers blood glucose
(Marles and Farnsworth, 1995)
Bulb Used to treat diabetes (Marles and
Farnsworth, 1995)
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