diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder affecting carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism that affects nearly 10% of the population every year. the treatment of diabetes mellitus has been confined to use of oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin, the former being reported to possess serious side effects. this leads to increasing demand for herbal products with antidiabetic factor with little s...

OBJECTIVE To identify the antihyperglycemic activity of various extracts, petroleum ether (60-80°), chloroform, acetone, ethanol, aqueous and crude aqueous, of the flower buds of Michelia champaca, and to identify the antidiabetic activity of active antihyperglycemic extract. MATERIALS AND METHODS Plant extracts were tested for antihyperglycemic activity in glucose overloaded hyperglycemic ra...

Ayurveda refers Mimusops elengi L. for the treatment of the diabetes. Considering the traditional claim of M. elengi in management of diabetes and the possible involvement of oxidative stress in pathogenesis of diabetes, the present study was aimed to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and in vivo antihyperglycemic property of methanolic extract of bark of M. elengi (MEMeOH). In vitro antioxidan...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ethanolic extract of the whole plant of phyllanthus rheedii wight p.rheedii as antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant effect in streptozotocin (stz) induced diabetic rats. male wistar rats were administered p.rheedii (250 mg/kg) orally for 21 days and blood glucose level was measured weekly. at the end of 21 days, the serum ...

DESCRIPTION GLUCOPHAGE (metformin hydrochloride) Tablets and GLUCOPHAGE XR (metformin hydrochloride) Extended-Release Tablets are oral antihyperglycemic drugs used in the management of type 2 diabetes. Metformin hydrochloride (N,N-dimethylimidodicarbonimidic diamide hydrochloride) is not chemically or pharmacologically related to any other classes of oral antihyperglycemic agents. The structura...

Objective: The present study was planned to evaluate the efficacy of four different ayurvedic formulation for their antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic effect in alloxan induced diabetic rabbits Materials and Methods: Four different ayurvedic formulation (F1,F2,F3,F4)) were administered in different group of alloxan induced diabetic rabbits.Their efficacy, onset and duration of action as a...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious worldwide problem related to human hyperglycemia. Thus, herbal preparations with antihyperglycemic properties especially leaf extracts of hydroponic Stevia rebaudiana (SR) would be useful in hyperglycemia treatment. The antihyperglycemic potential of this medicinal plant grown using hydroponics methods has been evaluated. Significant reduction of some biochem...

The aqueous extract of Clitoria ternatea Linn leaves were screened for its antihyperglycemic activity in streptozotocin induced and glucose induced diabetic rats in doses of 100, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight. At a dose of 100 mg/kg (bw), aqueous leaf extract did not produce significant antihyperglycemic activity, however a doses of 250 mg/kg of Clitoria Ternatea leaf extracts significantly red...

Silybum marianum (L) Gaertn (milk thistle) seeds, Urtica dioica L (nettle) leaves, and Boswellia serrata (olibanum gum) resin are used traditionally by Iranian diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antihyperglycemic effects of these herbs in an herbal formulation in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Sixty patients diagnosed as type II diabetes mellitus with fasting...

Rao C. A. et al; (2003) evaluated hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic activity of ethanolic fraction of fruits of Terminalia pallid at different doses in normal and alloxan diabetic rats. The ethanolic extract of fruits of TP at a dose of 0.5 g/kg b.w. could produce a significant fall in blood glucose levels by about 24% in diabetic rats, after 5 h of treatment. But none of these extracts could ...