Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a disease with a high prevalence in the world population. This condition is characterized by increased blood glucose, glucose intolerance, and progressive insulin resistance. Currently, there is a battery of drugs called oral antidiabetics whose objective is to decrease capillary glucose, treatments that are used...
This paper presents the results of an ethnobotanical survey on the knowledge of medicinal plants used for controlling diabetes type 2 (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) in the rural community of Agua del Perro in the municipality of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, a small town that has 3 types of vegetal communities in...