Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a disease with a high prevalence in the world population. This condition is characterized by increased blood glucose, glucose intolerance, and progressive insulin resistance. Currently, there is a battery of drugs called oral antidiabetics whose objective is to decrease capillary glucose, treatments that are used...
The Cecropia obtusifolia tree, popularly known as guarumbo in Mexico, is used in folk medicine for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). C. obtusifolia’s antidiabtic effect was assessed in animal models, as well as in humans and attributed to chlorogenic acid (CA) and isoorientine (ISO). The aim of this...
