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This work presents a systematic review of traditional herbal medicine and their active compounds, as well as their mechanism of action in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and obesity. The side effects and safety of herbal-derived anti-diabetic and
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iabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals Safety, Efficacy, and Action Mechanisms
Anti-diabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals
Bashar Saad • Hilal Zaid • Siba Shanak Sleman Kadan
Anti-diabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals Safety, Efficacy, and Action Mechanisms
Prof. Bashar Saad, PhD AlQasemi Academic College Baqa Algharbiya, Israel Arab American University- Jenin, Palestine
Hilal Zaid, PhD AlQasemi Academic College Baqa Algharbiya, Israel Arab American University- Jenin, Palestine
Siba Shanak, PhD Arab American University- Jenin, Palestine
Sleman Kadan AlQasemi Academic College Baqa Algharbiya, Israel
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Foreword
Diabetes and obesity are chronic diseases that have become major public health problems throughout the world because of their high prevalence, causal relationship with serious diseases, adverse effect on the quality of life, and considerable economic consequences. Our modern lifestyle that requires minimal daily physical activity and provides an abundance of pleasurable foods contributes to an adverse gene–environment interaction with harmful consequences. Because diabetes and obesity are closely linked with the development of serious complications, including cardiovascular disease and several malignancies, their impact from a public health perspective is enormous and continues to increase. As the population ages and becomes more sedentar
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