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Volume 8, Issue 10 (Suppl)
J Diabetes Metab
ISSN: 2155-6156 JDM, an open access journal
Herbal Diabetes 2017
November 02-04, 2017
November 02-04, 2017 Bangkok, Thailand
23
rd
International Conference on
Herbal and Alternative Remedies for
Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders
Teucrium polium: Benefits versus risks
Abdulazim S Salhab
University of Jordan, Jordan
T
eucium Polium
(TP), family Lamiaceae or Labiatae is a shrub growing mainly in Mediterranean countries. Also, the herb
is distributed in the rocky hills and deserts of Sini Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Greece, etc. TP is
collected by the natives from April to August and stored as dry materials for medicinal use. The aqueous extract of the plant
has a pleasant aromatic odor and a characteristic bitter taste. Also, TP was used in folk medicine for centuries to treat different
human ailments. In children and adult’s TP is used as antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, to treat rheumatism and in peptic ulcer,
a coolant, a carminative. The volatile oil of TP contains several phytochemicals such as mono- and sesquiterpenes that may
be responsible for the potent spasmolytic effects of the isolated intestine of rabbits and rats as well as the isolated heart of the
rabbit. Other important components of TP are flavonoids, and the terpenoids, alkaloids and terpenoids. Unlike the benefits of
TP, the toxicity of the plant use is not well studied. The acute administration of TP mice model was exhibited in a significant
increase in enzymes leaked to serum such as: ALT, ALP, ADH and GGT. Such increases clearly indicate hepatotoxicity, while
the pathological picture of the liver exhibited lobar hepatitis, infiltration of lymphocytes, coagulation necrosis and fatty changes
of the liver. In conclusion, the herbal preparations have to be subjected to rigorous investigation to elucidate the efficacy and
the safety before of the plant is used by human.
assalhab@yahoo.comJ Diabetes Metab 2017, 8:10 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6156-C1-073