Phytochemical and pharmacological anti-diabetic properties of bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus), recommendations for future studies.

Alireza Ostadrahimi, Majid Mobasseri, Zahra Yousefi, Seyed Kazem Shakouri, Anita Chehri, Reza Yarani, Mostafa Araj-Khodaei

Journal: Primary care diabetes 2022;16(1):27-33

PMID: 34996690

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Abstract

Nowadays, extensive attention has focused on dietary constituents that may be valuable for treating, eating, and preventing diabetes. Numerous studies have shown that anthocyanin's are one of the most important nutritional factors associated with diabetes. Anthocyanin's are the leading group of water-soluble pigments in the plant kingdom, and they are generally available in some human diet in fruits, vegetables, cereals, beans. Amongst, bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus), is one of the essential sources for dietary anthocyanin consumption containing vast amounts of anthocyanin's, making them the main plant in the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Although the bilberries have other valuable properties such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant, the main focus of the present study is to present the effects of bilberries (V. myrtillus) on the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

Address: Student Research Committee, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Persian Medicine, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.; Translational Type 1 Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].; Psychiatry Research Center, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.; Physical Medicine Research Center, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.; Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.; Research Center for Integrative Medicine in Aging, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2021.12.017

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MeSH Terms: Anthocyanins, Diabetes Mellitus, Fruit, Humans, Phytochemicals, Vaccinium myrtillus