Current Diabetes Reviews - Online First

Chrysin, a flavone nutraceutical, possesses several beneficial pharmacological properties, which has gained much emphasis in recent years. The biological effects of chrysin are exerted due to impeding or activating multifarious cellular and molecular pathways. Our findings indicated that chrysin inhibited tumor progression in various cancer cell lines by repressing the formation of a sphere and upregulated protein expression of Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1 (SHP-1), alleviating phosphorylated-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (p-STAT3) and transaction workflow innovation standards team1 (Twist1), sustaining phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and endorsing mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase1 (MEK1) overexpression, increasing the cytochrome c release, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) collapse, and caspase-3 activity, modulating p53/ B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2)/caspase-9 cascade, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor kappa B proposition 65 (NF-kB p65) expression and also decreasing the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). Chrysin prevented cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, cisplatin, methotrexate, paracetamol, alcohol, carbon tetrachloride, tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) and thioacetamide. Chrysin has protective properties against oxidative stress, inflammation, hepatotoxicity, liver fibrosis, steatosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.Chrysin's most common hepatoprotective biochemical and molecular mechanisms involve the ability to control enzyme synthesis, scavenge free radicals, boost the antioxidant response, induce apoptosis, and modify the synthesis of proinflammatory and profibrotic cytokines.Chrysin is a valuable nutraceutical with broad therapeutic feasibility, but to confirm its representative hepatoprotective potential, clinical studies are advised. It would also be interesting to use cutting-edge drug delivery techniques or include bio-enhancers.

Diabetes, regarded as a prevalent metabolic disorder with multifactorial origins, contributes to a myriad of global complications. These cumulate an elevated susceptibility to kidney failure, nerve impairment, blindness, atherosclerosis, heart ailments, and even strokes. Recent investigations underscore the diverse roles of associated biomarkers in diabetes progression. Among these are biomarkers for diabetes mellitus such as DPP-4, PPAR-ϒ, SGLT-2, α-amylase, and α-glucosidase, which are linked to the onset of diabetes and its related problems. As a result of undesirable adverse consequences linked to extant synthetic antidiabetic medications, research attention is increasingly directed towards formulating natural antidiabetic drugs, aiming for enhanced efficacy and reduced complications. Cyanobacteria stand out as a pivotal repository of natural bioactive metabolites extensively harnessed for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical development. The potent bioactive compounds sourced from cyanobacteria hold substantial promise, kindling high expectations in scientific research and presenting vast prospects for drug discovery and advancement. Some of these bioactive compounds have demonstrated impressive effectiveness, displaying successful applications across various phases of clinical trials. This review strives to provide a more precise understanding of diabetes mellitus, encompassing its clinical manifestation, epidemiological data, complications, and prevailing treatment modalities. The objective of this review is to contribute researchers and readers an enhanced and accurate understanding of diabetes mellitus by covering its clinical manifestation, epidemiological evidence, difficulties, and prevailing therapeutics possibilities.

Diabetes is a chronic, irreversible, non-infectious metabolic syndrome associated with low insulin production by the pancreas or due to insulin resistance. The management landscape for diabetes is swiftly evolving due to ongoing advancements. Conventional treatment approaches have struggled to fully address the root causes of the disease while also carrying significant risks of adverse effects. Flavonoids are an extensive class of phytonutrients present in grains, vegetables, fruits, cocoa, tea, wine, and nuts. Many studies have reported that flavonoids have shown diversified pharmacological activity in recent years. Thus, this review will give you an overview of the significant anti-diabetic potential of promising flavonoids. Various search engines such as PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and WoS have been explored by using the keywords “apigenin,” “luteolin,” “naringenin,” “hesperidin,” “kaempferol,” “quercetin,” “myricetin” and “taxifolin” with “anti-diabetic.” The anti-diabetic activity of flavonoids is attributed to various mechanisms, including α glucosidase, α-amylase inhibitory effects, GLUT4 expression, antioxidant, and apoptosis. However, their inadequate biopharmaceutical qualities make their effectiveness in clinical translation constrained. This review aims to highlight plant-derived flavonoids through in-vitro, in-vivo, and clinical insights. Additionally, the review highlights the recent advancement in the drug delivery system in diabetes to overcome the limitation of flavonoids.