en Herbal Drugs نامه به سردبیر Letter to editor <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span optima="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Diabetes mellitus is a disease occurs when blood glucose is too high. Blood glucose is the main source of energy comes from the food. Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose get into the cells to be used for energy. Sometimes body doesn&rsquo;t make enough or any insulin or doesn&rsquo;t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in blood and doesn&rsquo;t reach cells. Diabetes, various cardiovascular complications, wounds, kidney problems, and many other diseases are chronic. Natural and plant-based antioxidants are more frequently used for treatment of diabetes. Herbal medicine, <a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2721719"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Cinnamomum zeylanicum </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Blume</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296499"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Allium sativum </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-295261"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Allium cepa </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2372864"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Momordica charantia </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-8021"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Trigonella foenum-graecum </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-273361"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Zingiber officinale </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Roscoe</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-235249"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Curcuma longa </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-114114"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Silybum marianum </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">(L.) Gaertn.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2723897"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Citrullus colocynthis </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">(L.) Schrad.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-298116"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Aloe vera </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">(L.) Burm.f.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2694880"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Camellia sinensis </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">(L.) Kuntze</span></span></span></i></a><i>, Eugenia caryophylata Thunb., </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-125243"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Mentha pulegium </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2448560"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Urtica dioica </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-203217"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Teucrium polium </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-136820"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Ocimum basilicum </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-103038"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Matricaria chamomilla </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, Cuminum cyminum L., Taraxacum officinale<em> </em></i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-1916"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">(L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg.</span></span></span></i></a><em><span optima="" style="font-family:">, </span></em><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2638934"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Anethum graveolens </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2638934"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Anethum graveolens </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-179873"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Rosmarinus officinalis </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-205645"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Thymus vulgaris </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-35490"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Artemisia dracunculus </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2809827"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Ficus carica </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2381679"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Nigella sativa </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-355112"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Olea europaea </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a><i>,</i><i> and </i><a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2457006"><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">Vitis vinifera </span></span></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">L.</span></span></span></i></a> are among the phytotherapies for diabetes.</span></span></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp;</div> ,Diabetes,Diabetes mellitus,Herbal medicine,Medicinal plants,Iran 36 38 http://pbp.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-71-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Beiranvand beiranvandfat@ymail.com 10031947532846001011 0000000247740044 No Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mohsen Alizadeh m.alizadeh5667@gmail.com 10031947532846001012 0000000247740044 Yes Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran