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- Title
POTENTIAL MEDICINAL PLANTS USED AGAINST DIABETES MELLITUS: A REVIEW.
- Authors
Jethi, Somani; Mishra, Sagar Kumar; Satapathy, Kunja Bihari
- Abstract
The rapid increase in incidence of Diabetes mellitus is becoming a serious threat to the people all over the world. It is considered as one of the most common non-communicable diseases globally. Till recent times the treatment of the disease by allopathic or synthetic drugs either has undesired side effects or are not cost effective to the population. Hence, the present paper reviews on the herbal formulations of plants with their mechanism of action and pharmacological test results. A total of 50 plants belonging to 40 genera under 29 families are found useful against Diabetes. The majority of the medicinal plants under review in the present article belongs to the family Menispermaceae and Verbenaceae followed by Combretaceae and Moraceae. It is said that the herbal approach of management of disease may have late response but it corrects the related metabolic abnormalities. Therefore, now-a-days much attention is drawn towards identification of plants and their pharmacological evaluation for herbal formulations before recommended to prove their efficacy in human system.
- Subjects
MEDICINAL plants; ALTERNATIVE treatment for diabetes; VERBENACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; HERBAL medicine
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2020, Vol 20, Issue 1, p2543
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article