“…While previous bioactivity studies on this plant revealed its analgesic, anti-infl ammatory, antimicrobial, anti-oxidant, antimalarial, antihepatotoxic activities, and antidiarrheal and wound-healing properties (Umachigi et al, 2007;Alam et al, 2008a,b), the phytochemical investigations resulted in the isolation of indole alkaloids, secoiridoids, triterpenes and saponins from this plant (Banerji, 1977;1978;Brown & Chapple, 1976;Kitagawa et al, 1996;Sahu et al, 1999;. In continuation of our phytochemical and pharmacological screening of Bangladeshi medicinal plants (Uddin et al, 2005(Uddin et al, , 2007aDatta et al, 2007;Nayeem et al, 2006;Saha et al, 2007;Alam et al, 2008a,b;Mazid et al, 2009;Ara et al, 2010;Miah et al, 2010), we report on the hypoglycemic and oxidative stress-reducing activities of the hydroethanolic extract of the flowering tops of A. cadamba in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.…”