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Diabetic cardiomyopathy is an insidious and fatal disease, imposing major
financial and social burdens on affected individuals. Among the various methods
proposed for the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), treatments with
natural products have achieved promising results due to their high efficiency and
minimal side-effects. Literature was searched, analyzed, and collected using
databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Excerpt Medica, Science Direct, and
Springer. In this study, we reviewed the DCM-related studies on 72 representative
natural products. These natural products have been confirmed to be applicable in
the therapeutic intervention of DCM, acting through various mechanisms such as
the amelioration of metabolic abnormalities, protecting the mitochondrial
structure and function, anti-oxidant stress, anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrosis,
regulation of Ca