Padang, May 28 -- Researchers at Andalas University (UNAND) in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra are studying whether a combination of local medicinal plants could help treat diabetes and hypertension, two conditions that often occur together and trigger serious complications.

Professor Fauzan Azima from the university's Faculty of Agricultural Technology said the study focuses on combining three traditional medicinal plants: cinnamon, ground cherry and Dayak onion.

The researchers developed the extract combination based on bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins and organosulfur compounds, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Azima said diabetes and hypertension are closely linked me...