A Systematic Review of Five Herbal Ingredients for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a common metabolic disorder which has serious threatening to public health that leads to huge economic loss in the developing countries. There are some antidiabetic drugs available that helps in controlling diabetes but there is no permanent remedy which reliefs to get completely cure from this disorder. By conducting huge number of research study, numerous herbal medicines have been found for diabetes. Extracts isolated from different natural resources especially plants have always been a rich arsenal for controlling and treating diabetes and its complication. Herbs used in the preparation of the polyherbal formulation were Cassia auriculata, Gymnema sylvestre, Syzygium cumini, Trigonella foenum-graecum, and Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Phytochemical qualitative analysis indicated the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, steroids, carbohydrates and glycosides. So this review helps to understand the importance of five herbal ingredients present traditionally which can be used to treat DM.

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Arrhenius Kinetics in the Evaluation of the Biological Activity of Pharmaceutical Tinctures

“…According to the World Health Organization, about 80% of the world's population uses traditional medicines, including plant drugs, before giving preference to synthetic medicines [1]. Medicinal plants are a rich source of biologically active compounds and are used to prepare various dosage forms, including tinctures [2][3][4]. According to the pharmacopeias of different countries, to control the quality of tinctures, the color, density, and mass of the dry residue after removal of the extractant are determined [5,6].…”