Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance

Compounds with regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance (IR) activity are abundant in nature and can be obtained from several sources. They have high potential to be used to treat diabetes mellitus. These compounds isolated from natural plants can be classified seven categories...

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Main Authors: Fatma S.A. Saadeldeen, Yun Niu, Honglin Wang, Li Zhou, Lijun Meng, Sitan Chen, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Geoffrey Ivan Neil Waterhouse, Zhenhua Liu, Wenyi Kang
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Published: Tsinghua University Press 2020-09-01
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Li Zhou
Lijun Meng
Sitan Chen
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Zhenhua Liu
Wenyi Kang
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description Compounds with regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance (IR) activity are abundant in nature and can be obtained from several sources. They have high potential to be used to treat diabetes mellitus. These compounds isolated from natural plants can be classified seven categories: terpenoids, alkaloids, quinones, flavonoids, phenols, phenyl propanoids, steroids, and other types of compounds. They exert biological effects by different ways and mechanisms. This review illustrated the potential natural products as a rich resource in regulation of glucose metabolism and IR, as well as their mechanisms.
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spelling doaj-art-0473af3a369a423f99a954df1c786e432025-02-03T04:08:23ZengTsinghua University PressFood Science and Human Wellness2213-45302020-09-0193214228Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistanceFatma S.A. Saadeldeen0Yun Niu1Honglin Wang2Li Zhou3Lijun Meng4Sitan Chen5Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse6Geoffrey Ivan Neil Waterhouse7Zhenhua Liu8Wenyi Kang9National R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, ChinaSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New ZealandSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New ZealandNational R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Kaifeng Key Laboratory of Functional Components in Health Food, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China; Corresponding authors at: National R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.National R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Food & Medicine Resource Function, Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Kaifeng Key Laboratory of Functional Components in Health Food, Kaifeng 475004, Henan, China; Corresponding authors at: National R & D Center for Edible Fungus Processing Technology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.Compounds with regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance (IR) activity are abundant in nature and can be obtained from several sources. They have high potential to be used to treat diabetes mellitus. These compounds isolated from natural plants can be classified seven categories: terpenoids, alkaloids, quinones, flavonoids, phenols, phenyl propanoids, steroids, and other types of compounds. They exert biological effects by different ways and mechanisms. This review illustrated the potential natural products as a rich resource in regulation of glucose metabolism and IR, as well as their mechanisms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453020301336Natural productsGlucose metabolismInsulin resistance (IR)
spellingShingle Fatma S.A. Saadeldeen
Yun Niu
Honglin Wang
Li Zhou
Lijun Meng
Sitan Chen
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse
Geoffrey Ivan Neil Waterhouse
Zhenhua Liu
Wenyi Kang
Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
Food Science and Human Wellness
Natural products
Glucose metabolism
Insulin resistance (IR)
title Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
title_full Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
title_fullStr Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
title_full_unstemmed Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
title_short Natural products: Regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
title_sort natural products regulating glucose metabolism and improving insulin resistance
topic Natural products
Glucose metabolism
Insulin resistance (IR)
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453020301336
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