Abstract��
The treatment of diabetes mellitus was mainly by the oral administration of western medicine in present, it has rapid curative effect, but there are still many adverse reactions reported in clinic for it is easy to produce resistance to drugs. Extration the compounds from chinese herbal crude drugs as the primary composition was researched by many scholar in these days, to develop the new drug for controlling diabetes mellitus. Therefore, a large number of research reports occur in this area. Above all, iridoids such as catalpol, iridoside in ��Corni Officinalis��(ICO) and aucubin have obvious glucose��lowering effect, and they have definite treatment action on complications of diabetes mellitus. This paper reviewed the dominant mechanism and the treatment effect of iridoids for curing diabetes mellitus. Our review, to a certain extent, provide necessary theoretical foundation for the further research and development of medicines containing iridoids to cure diabetes mellitus.
YANG Chun-Hui, MA Li- , WEI Zhen-Ping.Advances in Recent Research on Protection Against Diabetes Mellitus of Iridoids[J]. Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2011,28(6): 68-73
2011, Vol. 28 
