WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Munmee Das*, Dr. Bishnu Prasad Sarma and Dr. Shubhabrata Das

ABSTRACT

Diabetes considered as the epidemic of the century, is one of the most challenging global public health threats the world is facing. And India has emerged as one of the epicenters of the diabetes mellitus epidemic as the number of people with diabetes is around 65.0 million in 2016. Type II diabetes is a complex disease to treat and because of the unique challenges in the management of type II diabetes, a renewed interest is being seen globally in traditional medicine including various local health traditions (LHT). Several of indigenous Indian medicinal plants have been found to be effective in the management of diabetes. Dillenia indica and Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus are two of the traditionally used anti diabetic medicinal plants from north eastern state of Assam,India. The present review explored and consolidated information on the anti diabetic therapeutic potential of Dillenia indica and Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus. Method: An extensive and relevant literature on the anti diabetic activities of Dillenia indica and Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus were gathered through search of electronic databases including Goggle scholar, Pubmed and Medline. Results and conclusion: The review demonstrated that Dillenia indica has shown promising effects in controlling hyperglycemia and in control of diabetes-associated complications including diabetic neuropathy and diabetic nephropathy. In case of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus only few limited studies are available and these studies have reported good hypoglycemic activities. Considering the results of previous studies Phlogacanthus species warrant further studies on its anti diabetic therapeutic potential.

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