Abstract

ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIAL OF ABUTILON INDICUM, ALLIUM SATIVUM AND ALOE BARBADENSIS: A REVIEW

Tanaya Ghosh and Prasanta Kumar Mitra*

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder of multiple etiology characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. As of 2017 there are about 72.96 million cases of diabetes in adult population of India. A May 2019 study has found that about one in every two Indians living with diabetes is unaware of their conditions. Another study suggests that by 2022 India will have maximum number of diabetic patients and will become the ‘Diabetes capital of the world’. As per estimation of the International Diabetes Federation, India will have 134.3 million living with diabetes in 2045. There are drugs to treat diabetes. Common drugs are: sulfonylureas, metformin, glucosidase inhibitors, troglitazone etc. But these drugs have many side effects. So efforts are going on to discover new drugs of diabetes from different sources and one such source is medicinal plants. Many medicinal plants are known to possess anti diabetic activity. Few examples are, Abutilon indicum Allium sativum, Aloe barbadensis, Asparagus racemosus, Bacopa monnieri, Calamus rotang, Ficus racemose, Gynocardia odorata, Ipomoea batatas, Litsea cubeba, Momordica charantia, Nardostachys jatamansi, Oroxylum indicum, Potentilla fulgens, Syzygium cumini, Trigonella foenum-graecum etc. In the present review antidiabetic potential of Abutilon indicum, Allium sativum and Aloe barbadensis will be discussed.

Keywords: Diabetes, anti diabetic plants, Abutilon indicum, Allium sativum, Aloe barbadensis.