Research progress on insulin resistance-attenuating mechanisms of Chinese materia medica based on gut microbiota / 中草药

ABSTRACT

The characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have promoted the development of TCM in the treatment of chronic metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes related to insulin resistance. However, the ambiguity of their corresponding mechanisms has greatly limited the modernization, internationalization and industrialization of Chinese materia medica (CMM). With the rapid development of second-/three-generation gene sequencing technologies, gut microbiota has become a hotspot and a new approach to study the mechanisms of CMM. Therefore, in this review, we explored the relationship between gut microbiota, metabolites of gut microbiota and insulin resistance, and then analyzed the research progress of CMM in regulating gut microbiota to improve insulin resistance by formulae, herb pair, single herb and active ingredients, so as to provide new thoughts for studying the mechanism of CMM.