“In clinic,some classical oral hypoglycemic agents and diuretic including metformin,rosiglitazone,glibenclamide,thiazolidinedione and … well as some extracts from Chinese herbal medicines including astragalus polysaccharides,quercetin,puerarin,emodin berberine ,curcumin and … both affect insulin and its receptor activity,and regulate IR-… pathways,thereby ameliorating IR and CKD progression.”