A Detailed Overview of Medicinal Plants Having Hypoglycemic Activity

Abstract

A b s t r a c tDiabetes mellitus represents a spectrum of metabolic disorder, which has become one of the major public health concerns worldwide. Diabetes mellitus has emerged as a third leading killer after cancer and largest number of diabetics in world second to China. Herbal medicine for treating chronic diseases, especially diabetes has gained an exponential growth in the last few years an developing and developed countries are adopting herbal drugs for treatment of diabetes mellitus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed 21,000 plants, which are used for medicinal purposes around the world. The WHO has defined herbal medicin labelled medicinal products that contain aerial or underground parts of the plants or other plant material or combination thereof as active ingredients, whether in crude state or as plant preparations. This review attempts to present the pro properties, reported in the literature with proper categorization according to the botanical name, family, parts used, chemical constituents, and its other uses. Relevant medical databases and websites were searched. To qu confirmed hypoglycemic potential. Other criteria for inclusion are: published in English and peer glycemic control, natural or keywords or combination of them. A total of 151 herbs belonging to 72 families were outlined in this review.

Medicinal importance of Ephedra gerardiana in ayurveda and modern sciences: A review

“…In another study, it was reported that the ephedra component of the plant alone results in a 14% reduction in body weight along with a decrease in body fat of approximately 42%. Moreover, when taken with caffeine and theophylline resulted in a 25% and 75% reduction in body weight with minimum side effects (Celine et al, 2016).…”