Thai ethnopharmacological herbs for diabetes treatment: data collection and informatics tracing for therapeutic property.
BACKGROUND
In the present day, the standard treatments for this medical disorder include diet modification, antidiabetic drug and insulin treatment. However, in additional to standard treatment, the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) should be mentioned.


OBJECTIVE
Here, the author reports on the important Thai herbs that are used as compositions for CAM regimen for diabetes mellitus. Further informatics approach is done to fulfill the existed usefulness of identified herbs.


METHODS
The data from famous classical Thai CAM centers then details of detected herbal contents in the regimens were registered. The derived ethnopharmacological registered data on Thai herbs were further assessed for its clinical feasibility for usage in diabetes treatment by matching the reported literature in the public standard medical database.


RESULTS
There are 7 identified herbs with 1 herb that has supportive evidence in the published literature for feasibility in using in diabetes treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
There are many local Thai herbs that should be studied for its ethnopharmacological property for diabetes treatment. This is a preliminary for further research on diabetes treatment.
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160, Thailand. wviroj@yahoo.com
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D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology*; D020834:Ethnopharmacology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods; D018514:Plant Structures; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D016896:Treatment Outcome