A REVIEW ON ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS FROM NATURAL SOURCES
Yatish Rahuja, Pranjul Shrivastava*, Naimish Nanda, Sandip Prasad Tiwari
Faculty of Pharmacy, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh India (492101)
ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus (DM), also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and noninsulin
dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), is a common and serious metabolic condition that affects people all over the world. Traditional herbal plants have been utilized to treat diabetes mellitus all throughout the
world. Several herbs have been found to treat and control diabetes among numerous medicines and poly
herbal plants; they also have no adverse effects. Diabetes mellitus is a horrible disease that affects people all over the world and is becoming a serious danger to humanity's health. Thus, herbal plants may be a possible source of anti-diabetic medicines, with ethno-botanical data indicating that around 800 plants may have anti-diabetic potential. Although synthetic oral hypoglycemic agents/insulin are a popular
diabetes therapy and are effective in controlling hyperglycemia, they have significant side effects and do notsignificantly modify the course of diabetic complications. This is the primary reason why an increasing number of individuals are looking for alternative medicines with fewer or no adverse effects. The botanical name, common name, component, and mechanism of action for anti-diabetic activity were provided in this review study, as well as plant-based commercial poly herbal formulations. The anti-diabetic activity
of herbal remedies is mainly due to increased pancreatic secretion of insulin, inhibition of glucose production in the liver. In this study, many authors have collected more information on the plant-based plant compoundsthat have been studied for diabetes. A few medicinal plants traditionally used for diabetic treatment containing chemical constituents like polyphenols, alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, polysaccharides and terpenoids.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus (DM), also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), is a common and serious metabolic condition that affects people all over the world. Traditional herbal plants have been ut
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