Saeed Mardani
1, Hamid Nasri
2, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei
3*, Shabnam Hajian
31 Department of Nephrology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
2 Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei, Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Sharekord, Iran., Email:
rafieian@yahoo.com
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education
Diabetic kidney disease is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure worldwide, however current treatments remain suboptimal. Recently various plants have shown beneficial effects not only on kidney function in diabetes mellitus, but also on kidney toxicities induced by some drugs or toxins. The active substances recognized in these plants include polysaccharides, flavonoids, xanthones and peptides.
Please cite this paper as: Mardani S, Nasri H, Rafieian-Kopaei M, Hajian S. Herbal medicine and diabetic kidney disease. J Nephropharmacol 2013; 2(1): 1–2.