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Review

Evidence-Based Anti-Diabetic Properties of Plant from the Occitan Valleys of the Piedmont Alps

by
Valentina Boscaro
1,
Matteo Rivoira
2,3,
Barbara Sgorbini
1,
Valentina Bordano
1,
Francesca Dadone
1,
Margherita Gallicchio
1,
Aline Pons
2,
Elisa Benetti
1,*,† and
Arianna Carolina Rosa
1,*,†
1
Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria 9, 10125 Turin, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, University of Turin, Via Sant’Ottavio 20, 10124 Turin, Italy
3
Atlante Linguistico Italiano (ALI), Via Sant’Ottavio 20, 10124 Turin, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(11), 2371; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112371
Submission received: 27 July 2022 / Revised: 20 October 2022 / Accepted: 28 October 2022 / Published: 3 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Natural Products on Diabetes Mellitus Treatment)
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Abstract

Data on urban and rural diabetes prevalence ratios show a significantly lower presence of diabetes in rural areas. Several bioactive compounds of plant origin are known to exert anti-diabetic properties. Interestingly, most of them naturally occur in different plants present in mountainous areas and are linked to traditions of herbal use. This review will aim to evaluate the last 10 years of evidence-based data on the potential anti-diabetic properties of 9 plants used in the Piedmont Alps (North-Western Italy) and identified through an ethnobotanical approach, based on the Occitan language minority of the Cuneo province (Sambucus nigra L., Achillea millefolium L., Cornus mas L., Vaccinium myrtillus L., Fragaria vesca L., Rosa canina L., Rubus idaeus L., Rubus fruticosus/ulmifolius L., Urtica dioica L.), where there is a long history of herbal remedies. The mechanism underlying the anti-hyperglycemic effects and the clinical evidence available are discussed. Overall, this review points to the possible use of these plants as preventive or add-on therapy in treating diabetes. However, studies of a single variety grown in the geographical area, with strict standardization and titration of all the active ingredients, are warranted before applying the WHO strategy 2014–2023.
Keywords: diabetes; elderberry; yarrow; cornelian cherry; bilberry; wild strawberry; rosehip; raspberry; blackberry; stinging nettle diabetes; elderberry; yarrow; cornelian cherry; bilberry; wild strawberry; rosehip; raspberry; blackberry; stinging nettle

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Boscaro, V.; Rivoira, M.; Sgorbini, B.; Bordano, V.; Dadone, F.; Gallicchio, M.; Pons, A.; Benetti, E.; Rosa, A.C. Evidence-Based Anti-Diabetic Properties of Plant from the Occitan Valleys of the Piedmont Alps. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2371. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112371

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Boscaro V, Rivoira M, Sgorbini B, Bordano V, Dadone F, Gallicchio M, Pons A, Benetti E, Rosa AC. Evidence-Based Anti-Diabetic Properties of Plant from the Occitan Valleys of the Piedmont Alps. Pharmaceutics. 2022; 14(11):2371. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112371

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Boscaro, Valentina, Matteo Rivoira, Barbara Sgorbini, Valentina Bordano, Francesca Dadone, Margherita Gallicchio, Aline Pons, Elisa Benetti, and Arianna Carolina Rosa. 2022. "Evidence-Based Anti-Diabetic Properties of Plant from the Occitan Valleys of the Piedmont Alps" Pharmaceutics 14, no. 11: 2371. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112371

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Boscaro, V., Rivoira, M., Sgorbini, B., Bordano, V., Dadone, F., Gallicchio, M., Pons, A., Benetti, E., & Rosa, A. C. (2022). Evidence-Based Anti-Diabetic Properties of Plant from the Occitan Valleys of the Piedmont Alps. Pharmaceutics, 14(11), 2371. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112371

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