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- Title
Mechanistic Impacts of Medicinal Plants in Diabetic Kidney Disease.
- Authors
NASRI, Hamid; ARDALAN, Mohammad-Reza; RAFIEIAN-KOPAEI, Mahmoud
- Abstract
The article focuses on pre-clinical and clinical trials which show the beneficial effects of herbal medicine on diabetes associated complications especially on diabetic nephropathy. The renoprotective effects shown by some plants such as Ficus thonningii, Sclerocarya birrea, and Persea americana are stated. It notes that changes in the mesangial cell function is the main cause of decreased renal function in diabetic patients.
- Subjects
DIABETES complications; PHYTOTHERAPY; GLOMERULAR filtration rate; KIDNEY diseases; MEDICINAL plants; OXIDATIVE stress
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 43, Issue 9, p1311
- ISSN
2251-6085
- Publication type
Article