TY  - JOUR
AU  - Balslev, Henrik
AU  - Phumthum, Methee
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/09/24
TI  - Thai Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for Diabetes Treatment
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 020
VL  - 03
IS  - 03
AB  - (1) Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disorder and a serious global health problem. Over 400 million people suffer from diabetes and it is estimated that the number will dramatically increase in the future. The cost of diabetes treatment for a single patient is very high. However, traditional knowledge could support poor patients for their diabetes treatments. Here, we identify medicinal plants that were useful for treatments of diabetes based on Thai ethnobotanical knowledge.
(2) Methods: We present a meta-analysis of data collected from 64 original references including theses, reports, journal articles, and books which were published from 1990–2014.
(3) Results: We found information relating to diabetes in 33 of the 64 publications screened. There were 187 reports of 123 plants species that had been used to treat diabetes in Thailand. Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson, Morinda citrifolia L. and Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn were the three species with most use reports. Leguminosae, Lamiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Rubiaceae, and Acanthaceae had high numbers of use reports. Interestingly, the grass family (Poaceae), which otherwise have few medicinal use reports, ranked third in our data. In terms of which part of the plants were used, stems, roots, and leaves were most commonly used in diabetes medicinal recipes. For preparation and administration of the diabetes medicines decoction and oral ingestion were most common.
(4) Conclusions: Our study suggests that the mentioned plant taxa should be tested for pharmacological developments to produce efficient medicines for diabetes treatments.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1803020
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1803020
ID  - Balslev2018
ER  -