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Natural Compounds as Inhibitors of Advanced Glycation End Products Formation: A Systematic Review

Phaik Har Yong1, Ng Soon Kee1, Meram Azzani2★, Deepa Anbazhagan3, Zhi Xiang Ng4★ Corresponding author

  1. 1School of Bioscience, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, MAHSA University, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
  2. 2Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
  3. 3Department of Microbiology, International Medical School (IMS), Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
  4. 4School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, INDIA.

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Meram Azzani

Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, MALAYSIA.

dr_memeazzani@yahoo.com

Received: 07-03-2025; Revised: 23-05-2025; Accepted: 14-07-2025.

Volume 17, Issue 3 · pp. 483–494 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.20251697

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ABSTRACT

Diabetes and related complications are becoming the leading causes of death in the world. In Malaysia, there are around 3.4 million of people affected by diabetes. Long-term diabetes can lead to the development of various complications, such as retinopathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and more. This is due to the formation of advanced glycation end-product, AGE in our body. However, the available chemical AGE inhibitors have side effects. Hence, alternative ways such as using natural product derivatives are used to treat diabetic complications. In this systematic review, various medicinal plants are studied to provide an insight of using medicinal plant to treat diabetes complications. Related articles were searched using three databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus. The search strategy was carried out based on PRISMA guidelines. Thirteen articles that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included for this systematic review. The acetone crude extract of Seriphium plumosumleaves and the methanolic crude extract of Tonna siliatashowed the most potent glycation inhibition, with AGE formation of 2.22% and 2.49%, respectively, compared to Arbutin as the positive control, which had 7.4% AGE formation. Bacopa monnieri, Canarium album, Lespedeza bicolor, Eucommia ulmoidesand Spathaolobus suberectusshow inhibition in a dose-dependent manner. The leaves of Petalostigma banksiashowed the highest IC50 value of 56.06±6.10. Meanwhile, Coptis chinensisexhibited dose-dependent inhibition in the NBT assay and comparable inhibition in the Girard-T assay. Lastly, the ethanol extract of Siegesbeckia orientalisshowed the highest inhibition in the NBT assay (24.9%), while the ethyl acetate extract exhibited the highest inhibition in the Girard-T assay (61.9%). The reviewed natural products could be useful in inhibiting AGE formation with fewer side effects.

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    Yong, P. H., Kee, N. S., Azzani, M., Anbazhagan, D., & Ng, Z. X. (). Natural Compounds as Inhibitors of Advanced Glycation End Products Formation: A Systematic Review. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 17(3), 483–494. https://doi.org/10.5530/jyp.20251697