昆虫作为食物和疗法：关于其在坦桑尼亚对抗糖尿病用途的观点
Insects as Diet and Therapy: Perspectives on Their Use for Combating Diabetes Mellitus in Tanzania.
作者信息
Verheyen Geert René, Pieters Luc, Maregesi Sheila, Van Miert Sabine
机构信息
RADIUS, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Kleinhoefstraat 4, 2440 Geel, Belgium.
NatuRA, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
出版信息
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Dec 6;14(12):1273. doi: 10.3390/ph14121273.
More than 450 million people worldwide are suffering from diabetes and this number is expected to increase. In developing countries, such as Tanzania, the number of patients suffering from diabetes and associated diseases is increasing as well. Up to 80% of the Tanzanian people rely on traditional medicines for their health care services. The nature of Tanzanian is very rich in different plant and insect species, and this could be exploited through their implementation in preventive and/or curative approaches in the battle against diabetes. The implementation of healthy insects in the diets of people may help in the prevention of obesity, which is a risk factor in the etiology of diabetes, while the identification of small molecules in insects may help in the discovery of potential new drugs that can be used in the treatment of diabetes. In this paper, an overview on the potential implementation of insects against diabetes is presented.
全球有超过4.5亿人患有糖尿病，且这一数字预计还会上升。在坦桑尼亚等发展中国家，糖尿病及相关疾病患者的数量也在增加。高达80%的坦桑尼亚人依靠传统药物来获取医疗服务。坦桑尼亚的动植物种类极为丰富，可通过将其应用于糖尿病防治方法中来加以利用。在人们的饮食中加入有益健康的昆虫可能有助于预防肥胖，而肥胖是糖尿病发病的一个风险因素，同时鉴定昆虫中的小分子可能有助于发现可用于治疗糖尿病的潜在新药。本文概述了昆虫在防治糖尿病方面的潜在应用。
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