Table of Contents

Part I Overview of Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Properties
1. A comprehensive review of medicinal plants effective in diabetes management - current status and future prospects
2. An overview of some Indian vegetables, fruits and spices effective in diabetes and metabolic disorders: Current status & future scenarios
3. Antidiabetic properties and applications of traditional medicinal plants of Asia
4. Medicinal use of Bauhinia forficate as an anti-glycemic agent: A systematic Review
5. Antidiabetic plants of Purulia district of West Bengal, India
6. Middle Eastern medicinal plants in the management of diabetes and its complications
7. Antidiabetic plants from North Africa and the Middle East

Part II Agricultural Practices for the Cultivation and Production
8. Employing cost-effective and eco-friendly technologies for the sustainable agriculture of antidiabetic plants
9. Enhancing nutritional and antidiabetic properties of Stevia rebaudiana Bert. – A sweet-leaf plant through different scientific approaches
10. Cultivation practices of fenugreek: A potential medicinal crop
11. Utilizing scientific approaches for the cultivation of the most common Indian antidiabetic plants
12. Role of PGRs in enhancing antidiabetic bioactive compounds of Ocimum sanctum

Part III Chemical Composition and Phytochemicals
13. Phytochemicals as therapeutic interventions in diabetes
14. Plant origin Unani drugs used in the management of diabetes mellitus & their identification and characterization
15. Bioactive principles with ability to ameliorate insulin resistance: current status and future perspective
16. Antidiabetic properties, bioactive constituents, mechanism, and other therapeutic effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra
17. Nutritional properties and mode of action of phytochemicals of fenugreek
18. Evaluation of anti-diabetic and antihypertensive activity and phytochemicals in leaves extract of some Indian medicinal plants
19. Medicinal plants and their bioactive components with antidiabetic potentials

Part IV Physiological, Biotechnological and Molecular Approaches
20. In silico molecular docking and in (vivo/vitro) studies of bioactive compound of Indian Medicinal Plant: A metadata review
21. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: novel targets and multi-target directed phytotherapy
22. Glucose uptake: a promising target of medicinal plants
23. Egyptian plants stand a shield against diabetic mellitus: Scientific evidences and mechanistic approaches
24. Molecular analysis of selected medicinal plants
25. Physiological and molecular characterization of fenugreek for antidiabetic properties

Part V Medical and Clinical Application
26. Pharmacological profile of medicinal plants used to control diabetes
27. Antidiabetic plants with insulin mimetic activity
28. Attenuation of Hyperglycemia in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Mice (Mus musculus) by Aqueous Extract of Ophioglossum gramineum
29. Vernonia amygdalina (Bitter Leaf): sweet health benefits against diabetes and its complications
30. Ocimum sanctum: Antioxidative efficacy in Type 2 diabetes and its comorbid complications
31. Plants as wound healing agents in diabetic wounds

About the Author

M. Naeem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research focuses on escalating the production of medicinal plants and their active principles using potent PGRs under normal and stressful environmental conditions. His research also focuses on abiotic stress tolerance in medicinal plants. Dr. Naeem has published over 100 research papers in reputable international journals. He has also authored 12 books and co-authored several book chapters published by international publishers. Based on his research contributions, Dr. Naeem has received multiple awards and recognitions. Tariq Aftab received his PhD degree in the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He received prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India. He has worked as Visiting Scientist at IPK, Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, United States. He has edited 14 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 65 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.