The use of plants in medicine is an age-long practice in various parts of the globe for both preventive and curative purposes. Several warnings have been issued over lack of quality control, scientific evidence for the efficacy, and potential adverse effects of herbal remedies including hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity among others. Despite all of these, reliance on herbs as medicine for the management of diabetes mellitus is still much practiced by a large proportion of the world population because it is readily available and affordable with perceived reduced toxicity. Therefore, with the upsurge of interests in medicinal plants, there is need for thorough scientific investigations of these plants for both efficacy and potential toxicity.

We invite researchers to submit original research and review articles on efficacy/pharmacology and overall safety/toxicology of medicinal plants involved in the treatment and/or management of diabetes mellitus.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Justification for therapeutic properties of these botanicals/natural products in traditional medicine as antidiabetic agents
• Mechanism of action of these medicinal plants in the management of diabetes mellitus
• Recent development in medicinal plants and diabetes mellitus
• Toxicological effects associated with the use of medicinal plants/natural products in diabetic conditions
• Mechanistic approach to the toxicity/safety of medicinal plants used as antidiabetic agents