Bioactive Substances from Medicinal Plants for Metabolic Disorders

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Branca M.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Pedro F., Alves, Marco G, Dias, Tânia R.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9286
• topic: Coffee; Humans; Isoflavones; Metabolic Diseases; Phenols; Plants Medicinal; Quercetin

Metabolic disorders, particularly Diabetes Mellitus (DM), are major causes of death worldwide. In fact, the world statistics for DM are alarming: this epidemic disease kills one person every six seconds, being the fourth cause of death. Besides the health issues, the costs associated with DM, and its co-morbidities, are massive and the pressure in National Health Care Systems is dramatically increasing. Patients with DM, particularly those with type 2 diabetes (T2D), are primarily advised to change their dietary habits and exercise regime. However, as the disease progresses and becomes more severe, conventional drugs are prescribed. Most of these patients need polypharmacological therapy and though progresses have been made, efforts are mandatory in a search for a “perfect” antidiabetic drug. [...]