Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants: Applications and Opportunities presents new developments that are impacting the use of plants to address diabetic conditions. Presenting multiple perspectives on these plants, their identification, cultivation and application, this book presents the state-of-the-art with an eye toward the future. Presented in five parts, the book first provides an overview of plants with antidiabetic properties, then moves to the agricultural practices for the cultivation and production of those plants. Part Three focuses on the chemical composition and phytochemicals of the plants before then moving into a study of the physiological, biotechnological, and molecular approaches to optimizing these plants. The book concludes with insights into current and potential future medical and clinical applications, making it ideal for those seeking to understand the biology and chemistry of plants with anti-diabetic properties and their effective development and application.

Part I Overview of Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Properties 1. A comprehensive review of medicinal plants effective in diabetes management - current status and future prospects 2. An overview of some Indian vegetables, fruits and spices effective in diabetes and metabolic disorders: Current status & future scenarios 3. Antidiabetic properties and applications of traditional medicinal plants of Asia 4. Medicinal use of Bauhinia forficate as an anti-glycemic agent: A systematic Review 5. Antidiabetic plants of Purulia district of West Bengal, India 6. Middle Eastern medicinal plants in the management of diabetes and its complications 7. Antidiabetic plants from North Africa and the Middle East Part II Agricultural Practices for the Cultivation and Production 8. Employing cost-effective and eco-friendly technologies for the sustainable agriculture of antidiabetic plants 9. Enhancing nutritional and antidiabetic properties of Stevia rebaudiana Bert. - A sweet-leaf plant through different scientific approaches 10. Cultivation practices of fenugreek: A potential medicinal crop 11. Utilizing scientific approaches for the cultivation of the most common Indian antidiabetic plants 12. Role of PGRs in enhancing antidiabetic bioactive compounds of Ocimum sanctum Part III Chemical Composition and Phytochemicals 13. Phytochemicals as therapeutic interventions in diabetes 14. Plant origin Unani drugs used in the management of diabetes mellitus & their identification and characterization 15. Bioactive principles with ability to ameliorate insulin resistance: current status and future perspective 16. Antidiabetic properties, bioactive constituents, mechanism, and other therapeutic effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra 17. Nutritional properties and mode of action of phytochemicals of fenugreek 18. Evaluation of anti-diabetic and antihypertensive activity and phytochemicals in leaves extract of some Indian medicinal plants 19. Medicinal plants and their bioactive components with antidiabetic potentials Part IV Physiological, Biotechnological and Molecular Approaches 20. In silico molecular docking and in (vivo/vitro) studies of bioactive compound of Indian Medicinal Plant: A metadata review 21. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: novel targets and multi-target directed phytotherapy 22. Glucose uptake: a promising target of medicinal plants 23. Egyptian plants stand a shield against diabetic mellitus: Scientific evidences and mechanistic approaches 24. Molecular analysis of selected medicinal plants 25. Physiological and molecular characterization of fenugreek for antidiabetic properties Part V Medical and Clinical Application 26. Pharmacological profile of medicinal plants used to control diabetes 27. Antidiabetic plants with insulin mimetic activity 28. Attenuation of Hyperglycemia in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Mice (Mus musculus) by Aqueous Extract of Ophioglossum gramineum 29. Vernonia amygdalina (Bitter Leaf): sweet health benefits against diabetes and its complications 30. Ocimum sanctum: Antioxidative efficacy in Type 2 diabetes and its comorbid complications 31. Plants as wound healing agents in diabetic wounds