Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Aldose reductase is a key enzyme in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. This review systematically reviews the efficacy and safety of five kinds of aldose reductase inhibitors in the treatment of diabetic peripheral nerves. Epalrestat is the only aldose reductase inhibitor in clinical application so far. A number of clinical trials have shown that epalrestat has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetic peripheral neuropathy and has sufficient safety, but long-term studies have shown that its therapeutic effect is not better than mecobalamine. Torrestat, zoporestat, ponastat, and fedastat were all withheld from the market or withdrawn from the market due to efficacy or safety concerns, which was inferred to be related to the structural characteristics of the drugs. Development of more effective and safer aldose reductase inhibitors from the perspective of drug structure will become one of the future research focuses on diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |