Anti-diabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals

Diabetes, obesity, and their related complications are reaching epidemic proportions all over the world in the twenty-first century. A strong relationship exists between diabetes and obesity, with adipose tissue playing an important role in diabetes. The currently observed increase in diabetes, especially in industrialized countries, is correlated with the increase in obesity. For example, in the United States alone, one third of the population is obese, and another third is overweight; more than ten million people have been diagnosed with ...