Review Article
Interaction of Herbs and Glibenclamide: A Review
Table 1
Summary of herb-glibenclamide interaction.
| Name of plant | Type of study | Interaction of glibenclamide |
| Zingiber officinale | In STZ-induced diabetic rat | Potentiation of effect, lacks trial on patient | Cassia auriculata | In STZ-induced diabetic rat | Not documented | Aloe vera | Placebo-controlled single blinded randomised study in patients | Beneficial and promising effect | Ginkgo biloba | Double-blind randomised trial in patient | Contraindication | Pleurotus pulmonarius | Alloxan-induced diabetic mice | Synergistic effect | Opuntia species | Trial in patients | Contradictory results | Gymnema sylvestre | Trial in patients | Synergistic effect but showed hypoglycemia as adverse effect | Trigonella foenum graceum | STZ-induced diabetic rats | Synergistic effect | Azadirachta indica | Alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits | No contraindication is reported | Momordica charantia | STZ-induced diabetic rats | Synergistic effect | Caffeine | Trial in type II diabetic patients | Contradictory reports about its beneficial effect in diabetes | Allium Sativum | Alloxan-induced diabetic rats | No contraindication is reported | Coccinia indica | Alloxan-induced diabetic rats | Significant hypoglycemic effect | Sesame oil | Mild to moderate diabetic patients | Synergistic effect |
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