The Use of Fenugreek Supplementation in Diabetes

Dietary health supplements have increasingly used in the prevention and treatment of chronic disorders. During previous decades, fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds been reported to hypoglycemic cholesterol lowering effects when type 1 2 diabetes mellitus patients, experimental diabetic animals. The aim this paper is review research findings relevant its use diabetes. There convincing evidence suggesting that can improve hyperglycemia has a protective effective against complications through immunomodulatory, insulin stimulation, antioxidant effects, enhancing adipocyte differentiation, inhibition inflammation adipose tissues, preventing or lessening pancreatic renal damage. Many beneficial attributed four bioactive components including diosgenin, 4-hydroxyisoleucine, furostanolic saponins, fiber fenugreek.