Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Indian Herbal Drugs
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The present article gives a general idea of diabetic mellitus, its treatment by using insulin, oral hypoglycaemic drugs and herbal drugs. Despite considerable progress in the treatment of diabetes by oral hypoglycaemic agents, search for newer drugs continues because the existing synthetic drugs have several limitations .The herbal drugs with antidiabetic activity are yet to be commercially formulated as modern medicines, even though they have been acclaimed for their therapeutic properties in the traditional systems of medicine.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013