Review on Antidiabetic Activity on Medicinal Plants

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been proposed as rich yet unexploited potential sources for anti-diabetic drugs, even though used since ancient times for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Many of the synthetic drugs were discovered either directly or indirectly from the plant source. The present study reviews of plants having anti diabetic property. Although many plants are recommendation, further pharmacological and chemical research should be done to elucidate the exact mechanism of hypoglycaemic activity.