Authors
Seema Tahayneh
Baylasan Qasem
Hadeel Zakarneh
Siba Shanak
Hilal Zaid
ISSN
0250-6882
Journal Name
New Emirates Medical Journal
Volume
5
Keywords
Diabetes mellitus, Gundelia tournefortii, Ocimum basilicum, Phytochemicals, In silico, Glucose level.
Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is a heterogeneous disease characterized by high blood glucose levels. Its prevalence is increasing as a result of lifestyle, related genes expression, and insufficient insulin signaling. The activation or inhibition of some proteins in the insulin signaling pathway play a vital role in glucose uptake into the cells and in maintaining serum glucose homeostasis. Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K), 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1), Protein kinase B [PKB, also known as the serine and threonine kinase (AKT)], and Rac family small GTPase 1 (RAC1) are key proteins that play important roles in the liberation of Glucose Transported-4 (GLUT4) vesicle, and consequently the uptake of glucose in response to the insulin signal of hyperglycemia.