Department of Zoology, Anugrah Narayan College, Patna, Bihar, India
Review Article
Management of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus through Indian Medicinal Plants
Author(s): Sneha Navin, Abhinav Srivastava*, Divya Prakash, Roushan Kumari and Ranjit Kumar
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders sharing the common underlying feature of hyperglycemia. Along with hyperglycemia this disease is also associated with several secondary health complications which are the major causes of morbidity and death in diabetic subjects. The currently available antidiabetic agents like insulin, metformin, sulfonylureas and alpha glucosidase inhibitors and are widely used to control the hyperglycemia. But prolonged use of these agents was also shown several adverse effects on diabetic subjects. Thus, it is essential to look for more effective antidiabetic agents with fewer side effects. Traditional Indian medicinal plants having antidiabetic properties can be a useful source for the development of safer and effective oral hypoglycemic agents. According to ethnobotanical source of information till now 800 traditional plants were reported agains.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6156.21.12.892
