Abstract

PROMISING ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIAL OF TAGETES SPECIES: UPDATED REVIEW

Priti Dipa, Sangeet Kumar Mall*, Shambaditya Goswami and Ravindra Pal Singh

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Abstract

Earliest people used to treat diseases by unconventional methods using plants, animal products and minerals, of them plants were given major priority. Herbal medicine have received considerable attention during last two decades as they are endowed with variety of biological activities and have wide range of therapeutic properties. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the name given to a multiple group of disorders with different etiologies. It is characterized by dearrangement in protein, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism caused by the complete or relative insufficiency of insulin secretion and/or insulin action. Diabetes is a major health problem worldwide as approximately 5% of the world’s population suffers from diabetes. Diabetes is a multifaceted disease involving impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistant. The present study deals with the study on anti-diabetic effect of Tagetes species. Tagetes is a genus of herbs commonly known as marigold, but the name is also applied to several genera of Composite with golden or yellow capitula. The plant is an attractive plant, but it has significant therapeutic properties such as antidiabetic, antifungal, cytotoxic, antimicrobial and so on. The present work reports about the promising records of reported antidiabetic activity of Tagetes species.

Keywords: Herbal medicine, diabetes mellitus, insulin, Tagetesspecies.