Preface

In order to provide an up-to-date overview of the phytotherapy of diabetes and hypertension, this fourth volume has been prepared as part of the ebook series “Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension”. The present volume includes different aspects of the pathophysiology of diabetes and hypertension. This book adds important information related to the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of medicinal plants and their derivatives on diabetes and hypertension. The present volume includes 6 complementary chapters presenting an update on clinical study reports of phytotherapy in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus and therapeutic approaches of medicinal plants: present status and future prospects, anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive potentials of essential oil bearing medicinal plants, management of diabetes mellitus by natural products: glucagon-like peptide 1 perspective, terpenes and terpenoids in management of diabetes & cardiovascular diseases, antidiabetic and antihypertensive medicinal plants of Asia: active ingredients, safety, pharmacology and traditional uses and a monograph on Chrysophyllum cainito. This volume will be useful to the students, teachers, researchers, scientists, clinicians and even other masses .