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Diabetes mellitus is a group of syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia, altered metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and protein, and increased risk of complications from vascular disease. Statistical projections for India suggest that the number of diabetics will rise from 15 million in 1995 to 57 million in the year 2025, making India the country with the highest number of diabetics in the world.
Traditional medicines used in human diabetes
have a significant antioxidant activity. More than 400 species
of plants have been reported to display hypoglycemic effects,
but only a few of them have been investigated.It may be possible
that these plant extracts may reduce the effect of inflammatory
cytokines release during diabetes which may be one of the
causative agents for the tissue distraction and insulin
resistance. There are only a few reports on the effects of
these plant in the literature. This fact emphasizes the
importance of more detailed investigations using good
experimental models in order to clarify the effects of oral
treatment with these plant.Most of plants contain glycosides,
alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, cartenoids, etc., that
are frequently implicated as having antidiabetic effect. So
Oxidative stress is produced under diabetic conditions and
possibly causes various forms of tissue damage in patients with
diabetes.
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