Antidiabetic Potential of Plants in the Era of Omics

Deepu Pandita, Anu Pandita, Chander Bhanu, Deepu Pandita, Anu Pandita, Chander Bhanu

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781774910085
• eBook ISBN: 9781000574999
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Endocrinology & Metabolism

Here is an informative overview of diabetes mellitus in conjunction with plant-based treatments. It discusses available methods for studying the antidiabetic activities of scientifically developed plant products, mechanisms of action, their therapeutic superiority, and current genome editing research perspectives and biotechnological approaches.

The book begins with an introduction to diabetes, giving a brief overview of the history, diagnosis, classification, pathophysiology, and risk factors. It goes on to review traditional uses of plants for diabetes along with ethnobotanical information. The results of scientific studies on the various modes of action of antidiabetic plants are discussed, such as the molecular aspects of active plantbased antidiabetic drug molecules. A section featuring recent biotechnological advancements of antidiabetic plants and plant-based antidiabetic drugs covers advances in molecular breeding and application of molecular markers, biotechnologically engineered transgenic medicinal plants, and advances in genomic editing tools and techniques.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• About the Editors
• Contents
• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Part I: Introduction of Metabolic Disorder Diabetes
• Part II: Antidiabetic Plants in Systems of Traditional Knowledge
• Part III: Mode of Action
• Part IV: Recent Biotechnological Advancements of Antidiabetic Plants and Plant-Based Anti-Diabetes Drugs and Future Perspectives with Genome Editing Technologies
• Index