Antidiabetic Potential of Apiaceae Family Plants- A Critical Update

Abstract

Apiaceae is one of the biggest and most important plant families, comprising about 3700 species and 434 genera. Most of them are aromatic, flowering plants. The plants in this family are beneficial for everyday use and treating diseases. They are a rich source of nutraceuti-cals and secondary metabolites attributed to different pharmacological activities. Some plants un-der this family possess antidiabetic activity through different mechanisms, such as inhibiting car-bohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes, stimulating insulin secretion, and regulating glucose transport-ers. Diabetes mellitus has become a chronic metabolic disorder whose management is of utmost importance in recent days. The present review aims to establish the use of Apiaceae family plants in treating diabetes mellitus. The availability of plants, their bio-constituents, mode of action, and experimental studies have also been briefly described here.