This new book provides valuable insight into the role of mushrooms in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Mushrooms are enriched with various bioactive constituents with antidiabetic efficacy such as polysaccharides, terpenes, sterols, etc. The extracts as well as bioactive constituents through different mechanisms exhibit antidiabetic action. Medicinal mushrooms such as Ganoderma lucidum, Innotus obliquus, Grifola frondosa, Phellinus species, etc. are considered in this volume for their beneficial qualities toward the mitigation of the disease. The volume considers mushroom powders, mushroom extracts, and their bioactive components for the management of diabetic syndrome. It presents various in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies on lowering hyperglycemia and other diabetes associated with secondary abnormalities as well as provides information regarding mushroom-based antidiabetic market products.
Author(s): Uzma Azeem, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Publisher: CRC Press/Apple Academic Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 313
City: Palm Bay
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
About the Editors
Table of Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Diabetes Mellitus: A Health Syndrome
2. Natural Products for the Management of Diabetes: Achievements and Future Trends
3. Human Medicinal Mushroom Use
4. Bioactive Constituents from Mushrooms for Management of Diabetes: A Scientific Corroboration
5. Mechanism of Actions of Antidiabetic Mushrooms
6. Effects of Mushrooms in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
7. Role of Mushrooms in the Prevention of Glycation and Other Secondary Complications
8. In Vitro Evaluation of the Antidiabetic Efficacy of Mushrooms
9. In Vivo Appraisal and Clinical Trials of the Antidiabetic Potential of Mushrooms
10. Antidiabetic Mushrooms: Market Products, Safety, and Challenges
Index
