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Medicinal plants of India with anti-diabetic potential.

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45 plants and their products that have been mentioned/used in the Indian traditional system of medicine and have shown experimental or clinical anti-diabetic activity are reviewed.
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This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2002-06-01. It has received 1641 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Gymnema sylvestre & Medicinal plants.

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Medicinal plants: Traditions of yesterday and drugs of tomorrow

TL;DR: An overview of the classes of molecules present in plants is provided and some examples of the types of molecules and secondary metabolites that have led to the development of these pharmacologically active extracts are given.
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Indian Herbs and Herbal Drugs Used for the Treatment of Diabetes

TL;DR: This review focuses on Indian Herbal drugs and plants used in the treatment of diabetes, especially in India, and a list of medicinal plants with proven antidiabetic and related beneficial effects and of herbal drugs used in treatment of Diabetes is compiled.
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α-Amylase inhibitory activity of some Malaysian plants used to treat diabetes; with particular reference to Phyllanthus amarus

TL;DR: Results revealed that the oleanolic acid and ursolic acid (2:1) mixture was a potent alpha-amylase inhibitor with IC(50)=2.01 microg/ml (4.41 microM) and that it contributes significantly to the alpha-AMylase inhibition activity of the extract.
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An overview on antidiabetic medicinal plants having insulin mimetic property

TL;DR: The antidiabetic activity of medicinal plants is attributed to the presence of polyphenols, flavonoids, terpenoids, coumarins and other constituents which show reduction in blood glucose levels.
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Leads from Indian medicinal plants with hypoglycemic potentials

TL;DR: This article aims to provide a comprehensive review on various plant species from Indian biosphere and their constituents, which have been shown to display potent hypoglycemic activity.
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Antidiabetic plants and their active constituents.

TL;DR: This review provides information on more than 1200 species of plants reported to have been used to treat diabetes and/or investigated for antidiabetic activity, with a detailed review of representative plants and some of great diversity of plant constituents with hypoglycemic activity.
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