Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common metabolic and endocrine disorder syndrome in the world. According to the statistics of the international diabetes federation, its incidence has risen sharply in recent years, which has seriously affected the human life and health. At present, most of the clinical therapeutic drugs have serious adverse reactions, which bring a variety of worries and difficulties for patients taking drugs for a long time. In view of the recent discovery of a large number of natural products with anti-diabetes activity, this paper reviews related literature in recent years, and compares and discusses their different activities and target spots, in order to provide new reference and ideas for the development of high-efficiency and low-toxicity diabetes drugs.

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