Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicinal Herbs

Table 2

Recently completed and current clinical trials of herbs.

Herb	Trial name	Status	Sponsors	Clinical trial no.
Gymnema sylvestre Schult.	Double Blind Randomized Trial to Compare Gurmar (Gymnema sylvestre) with Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes	Status currently unknown	(1) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research; (2) Indian Council of Medical Research; (3) International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) TRUST	NCT00396851
Momordica charantia	The Effect of Metamin 3D on the Lipid and Glucose in Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome	Completed 2009	Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan	NCT01120873
Folium mori (1-deoxynojirimycin extract)	Effect of Mulberry Leaf Extract on Blood Glucose	Completed 2011	(1) Ewha Womans University; (2) Bundang CHA Medical Center; (3) Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea	NCT01385865
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.	Effect of Fenugreek on Blood Sugar and Insulin in Diabetic Humans	Completed 2008	(1) Pennington Biomedical Research Center; (2) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans	NCT00597350
Rhizoma coptidis	Trial of Different Dosages' Ge Gen Qin Lian Decoction in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes	Currently recruiting patients	Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences	NCT01219803
Rhizoma coptidis (berberine extract)	Efficacy and Safety of Berberine in the Treatment of Diabetes with Dyslipidemia	Completed 2006	Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China	NCT00462046
	Therapeutic Effects of Berberine in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes	Completed 2004	(1) Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; (2) National Institutes of Health (NIH)	NCT00425009
Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo Biloba Extract and the Insulin Resistance Syndrome	Completed 2005	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)	NCT00032474
Radix ginseng Mey (ginsenosides extract)	A Clinical Trial of Ginseng in Diabetes	Completed 2008	Washington University School of Medicine	NCT00781534

Data retrieved from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (http://clinicaltrials.gov/).