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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Alkaloidal Phytoconstituents for Diabetes Management: Exploring the Unrevealed Potential.

Tapan Behl, Amit Gupta, Mohammed Albratty, Asim Najmi, Abdulkarim M Meraya, Hassan A Alhazmi, Md Khalid Anwer, Saurabh Bhatia, Simona Gabriela Bungau

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Tapan BehlSchool of Health Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India.
Amit GuptaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5447-9980
Mohammed AlbrattyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Asim NajmiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulkarim M MerayaPharmacy Practice Research Unit, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45124, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan A AlhazmiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Md Khalid AnwerDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Stattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj 16278, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5227-3954
Saurabh BhatiaNatural & Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman.
Simona Gabriela BungauDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3236-1292
Jazan University · SAChitkara University · INPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity of Nizwa · OMUniversity of Oradea · ROUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main characteristic feature of diabetes mellitus is the disturbance of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism, which results in insulin insufficiency and can also lead to insulin resistance. Both the acute and chronic diabetic cases are increasing at an exponential rate, which is also flagged by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Treatment of diabetes mellitus with synthetic drugs often fails to provide desired results and limits its use to symptomatic treatment only. This has resulted in the exploration of alternative medicine, of which herbal treatment is gaining popularity these days. Owing to their safety benefits, treatment compliance, and ability to exhibit effects without disturbing internal homeostasis, research in the field of herbal and ayurvedic treatments has gained importance. Medicinal phytoconstituents include micronutrients, amino acids, proteins, mucilage, critical oils, triterpenoids, saponins, carotenoids, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, and coumarins, which play a dynamic function in the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus. Alkaloids found in medicinal plants represent an intriguing potential for the inception of novel approaches to diabetes mellitus therapies. Thus, this review article highlights detailed information on alkaloidal phytoconstituents, which includes sources and structures of alkaloids along with the associated mechanism involved in the management of diabetes mellitus. From the available literature and data presented, it can be concluded that these compounds hold tremendous potential for use as monotherapies or in combination with current treatments, which can result in the development of better efficacy and safety profiles.

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AlkaloidsDiabetes MellitusSaponinsSynthetic DrugsTriterpenesAmino AcidsCarbohydratesCarotenoidsCoumarinsFlavonoidsHumansInsulinLipidsMicronutrientsOilsPhytotherapyAlkaloidsAmino AcidsCarbohydratesCarotenoidsCoumarinsFlavonoidsInsulinLipidsMicronutrientsOilsSaponinsSynthetic DrugsTanninsTriterpenesalkaloidsalternative medicinediabetes complicationsdiabetes mellitusphytoconstituents

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PMID36144587
PMCPMC9501853
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