title: Approaches to the treatement of diabetes mellitus: an overview.
abstract: Diabetes related complications, if not treated, can be lethal. The basis of diabetes treatment is management of these complications by different approaches with the aim of providing a healthy life to diabetics. This article gives an overview of the various approaches currently in use to control hyperglycemia like pharmacological compounds and natural products. Many natural products have been used in traditional medicine, but only a few of them are discussed here. A combination therapy appears more useful for the treatment of diabetes rather than the use of a single compound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, University of Mumbai, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, 400 098 India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivakami
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts