The Effectiveness of Selected Saudi Medicinal Plants in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic illness which is distinguished by a long-term hyperglycaemic condition [1,2]. According to contemporary and universally trajectory of DM disease and by the year 2040, there will be about 642 million diabetic subjects [3]. In so many communities it is devastatingly inflicts a major socio economic problem in humans, especially to the adversely attacked patients. As a metabolic disorder, DM is the underlying precipitant of many crucial debilitating diseases especially the nephropathy, peripheral polyneuropathy, retinopathy, atherosclerosis, peripheral arterial disorder, coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disorder [4][5][6][7][8][9]. The prevalence of end stage renal disease is higher amongst patients with DM [10].The financial burden related to diabetes resulted mainly from both the expenses of medical treatment as well as the expensive