Current status of Indian medicinal plants with antidiabetic potential: A review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Patil, Raju ^a   Patil, Ravindra ^b   Ahirwar, Bharati ^c   Ahirwar, Dheeraj ^a  

^a CEC School of Pharmacy   (India)

^b S U College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research   (India)

^c GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Active principle; Antidiabetic potential; Chemical compound; Diabetes mellitus; Indian medicinal plants; Indigenous remedy

Indexed keywords

ACACIA ARABICA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BENINCASA HISPIDA EXTRACT; BETA VULGARIS EXTRACT; BRASSICA JUNCEA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; COCCINIA INDICA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS EXTRACT; INSULIN; IPOMEA BATATAS EXTRACT; JATROPHA CURCUS EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; METFORMIN; ONION EXTRACT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACACIA; AGRIMONIA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BEET; BENINCASA HISPIDA; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; COCCINIA INDICA; CUCURBITACEAE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INJECTION SITE STINGING; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; IPOMEA BATATAS; IPOMOEA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCUS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PIGEONPEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH ULCER; SWELLING; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACACIA NILOTICA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALOE VERA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BENINCASA HISPIDA; BETA VULGARIS; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA; COCCINIA GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HIBISCUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; JATROPHA CURCAS; MANGIFERA INDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM; PUNICA GRANATUM; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 84857944544     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60175-5     Document Type: Review

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