Research Progress of Puerarin in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications
Type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)is a common chronic metabolic disease characterized by hy-perglycemia and insulin resistance.It is often accompanied by serious complications,and the mortality and disa-bility rate increase year by year.Conventional hypoglycemic drugs are often accompanied by serious adverse re-actions,such as metformin,which can cause gastrointestinal reactions such as vomiting and diarrhea.To search for effective Chinese medicine to"reduce glucose"is a major public health issue that needs to be solved urgent-ly.Traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages in treating T2DM,which is safe and effective.Puerarin is the main active ingredient of Pueraria lobata(Willd.)Ohwi.Modern pharmacological research and clinical cases found that puerarin has a significant therapeutic effect on the treatment of T2DM and its complications.In this article,the mechanism of puerarin in treating T2DM and its complications was reviewed to enrich the theo-retical basis of puerarin in treating diabetes,in order to promote the research and development of new hypogly-cemic drugs.