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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder which is mainly characterized by hyperglycaemia and arises by the defects in insulin secretion or insulin action or both. It is categorized into two types, type-I and type-II diabetes. The risk factors that are responsible for diabetes are genetic factor, obesity, hypertension etc. Conventionally many drugs are used for the treatment of diabetes such as biguanides, sulfonylureas, meglitinides etc. But the desired effective treatment is still not to be achieved. So researches are going on for the development of alternate effective therapy against diabetes. Medicinal plants are promising source and also very useful for the development of complimentary therapy. In India medicinal plants are widely used traditionally for the prevention and cure of diabetes. This review article consists the description of the herbs which are reported to have good antidiabetic property.

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Cuscuta reflexa is a golden yellow leafless perennial and parasitic herb of the family Convolvulaceae family Cuscutaceae commonly called giant dodder is a perennial parasitic leafless plant species commonly found in tropical Asia. It has been used as an important constituent of various medical compositions in ayurvedic Unani and folk medicines in the Indian subcontinent including India Bangladesh China Thailand etc. since the ancient times. Various parts of the plant such as the seeds stem fruit and even the entire plant have been used in traditional medicine to cure a broad spectrum of ailments. It is rich in a broad spectrum of bioactive components such as flavonoids alkaloids saponins steroids lignans polysaccharides etc. Its wide array of therapeutic properties such as antitumor antioxidative anti-inflammatory anticonvulsant hepatoprotective neuroprotective etc. have been to cure several ailments such as skin diseases asthma jaundice body pain gout depression etc. This review article presents a detailed survey of the literature on pharmacognosy phytochemistry ethnomedicinal and pharmacological uses of C. reflexa. Keywords Cuscuta reflexa Ethnomedicinal uses Pharmacological uses