Abstract

REVIEW ON SIDDHA MEDICINAL PLANTS AND FORMULATIONS WITH ANTI DIABETIC ACTIVITY

Sangeetha Sathiah*, Neelavathy Ramakrishnan and Ramani Mani

Abstract

Diabetes is a metabolic syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia, hyper cholesterolemia and hyper triglyceridemia. Several medicinal plants are employing in treatment of diabetes in all over the world. This review presents the works taken up by different workers in different part of the world which in turn will help in finding new dimension in discovery of antidiabetic product. Over the past decade, herbal medicines have been accepted universally, and they have an impact on both world health and international trade. This review gives some of the medicinal plants are used in the treatment of diabetes, and details of those plants recent researches are given. They are Aloe vera, Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus spinosus and Amaranthus viridis, Blighia sapida, Carissa carandas, Cassia auriculata, Coscinium fenestratum, Costus igneus, Dalbergia sissoo, Foeniculum vulgare, Holoptelea integrifolia, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Luffa aegyptica, Mangifera indica, Melia azadirach, Mimosa pudica, Scoparia dulcis, Syzygium cumini, etc. and some of the Siddha formulations are also discussed in this review.

Keywords: Diabetes, medicinal plants, recent research, Siddha formulations.