Abstract

A REVIEW ON ANTI-DIABETIC HERBAL MEDICINAL PLANTS

Tushar P. Dukre*, Aniket N. Unde and Om S. Yelmame

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Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious pathogen and causative agent for TB. There are many herbal extracts, which have been identified with potential claims of anti TB spectrum. Although established anti TB regimen with drugs are effective, these medications do cause certain adverse effects. The use of herbal extracts in treating TB is becoming more interesting and prevalent due to minimum adverse reactions observed with herbal medications. In this review, the various types, constituents and the Antitubercular activity of traditional herbal extracts have been discussed. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that has affected mankind from very ancient times. Anti-TB allopathic medications have been prescribed to control symptoms of this disease but results into side effects like hepatitis, hypersensitivity reactions, nausea, vomiting etc. The use of herbal medicine becoming popular due to toxicity and side effects of allopathic medicines. Medicinal plants from Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine system) and from foreign origin have been successfully employed to treat TB. The aim of this review is to highlight the work on anti-tubercular plants. Medical plants play an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus especially in developing countries where resources are meager. This review presents the profiles of plants with hypoglycaemic properties, reported in the literature. The profiles presented include information about the scientific name, family, methodology used, the degree of hypoglycaemic activity and the active agents.

Keywords: Anti-mycobacterial, Drug resistance, Tuberculosis, Anti-Tubercular, Natural, Ayurveda, etc.