Antidiabetic Oils

Abstract

Many studies have demonstrated evidence of the health benefits of natural products. Plant extracts have been tested on a variety of physiological disorders, including diabetes mellitus. Studies have tested aqueous extracts, plant fractions extracts, families of active of compounds, and specific active compounds. In this review, we describe the antidiabetic effects of vegetable oils. Information was collected from ScienceDirect and PubMed databases using the following key words: Diabetes mellitus, Oils, Vegetable oils, Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, antidiabetic effect, antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic oil. We have compiled approximately ten vegetable oils with including experimental studies that have demonstrated benefits on diabetes mellitus. There are soybean, argan, olive, palm, walnut, black cumin, safflower, Colocynth, Black seed, Rice bran, Cinnamom, and Rocket oils. For each vegetable oil, we investigated on the plant's traditional uses, their pharmacological activities and their antidiabetic effects. It seems that many vegetable oils are really interesting and can be used in the improvement of human health, particularly, to prevent or to treat diabetes mellitus complications.

Phenolic Content and Antioxidant, Antihyperlipidemic, and Antidiabetogenic Effects of Opuntia dillenii Seed Oil

“…It was found that cactus pier seeds oil, a natural product rich in unsaturated fatty acid [ 28 , 29 ], has antihyperglycemic property in diabetic rats [ 41 ]. Moreover, in the majority of studies on vegetable oils, it seems that they increase the tolerance to glucose in the different animal models following treatment in repeated doses, and this is by the regeneration of beta cells or the decrease of resistance to insulin [ 42 ]. Other studies have also shown an antihyperglycemic effect of different types of fixed oils (pomace olive oil) in the high-fat diet-fed mice [ 35 ].…”

Opuntia ficus‐indica seed oil: Biorefinery and bioeconomy aspects

“…Oils containing polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants (tocopherols, polyphenols, and carotenoids, etc.) prevent diabetes complications, and may even inhibit the disease's development . In mice, the OFI oil clearly shows protective effects against chemically induced (alloxan) diabetes mellitus .…”

<i>In Vitro</i> Anti-Diabetic Activities and Phytochemical Analysis of Bioactive Fractions Present in <i>Meriandra dianthera, Aloe camperi</i> and a Polyherb

“…Moreover, bioactive fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) including palmitic acid methyl ester, α-linolenic acid methyl ester and other benzene derivatives were characterized in M. dianthera. Some FAMEs were reported to have antidiabetic related activities [19] and palmitic acid was reported with potential α-amylase inhibitory activity [20]. Representative GC-spectra of the non-polar fractions (M1 and M2) of M. dianthera and the list of compounds found in the most active non-polar fractions are displayed in Figure 3 and Table 3 respectively.…”