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Article Name :
ANTI-DIABETIC POTENTIAL OF GENUS FICUS L.- A REVIEW
Author Name :
Vinay K. Gupta, Manoj Gahlot, Asha Pathak, R.C. Verma and Punam Joshi
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ROR-749
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Abstract :
Diabetes mellitus (DM), both insulin-dependent DM (IDDM) and non-insulin dependent DM (NIDDM) is a common and serious metabolic disorder throughout the world. Traditional plant treatments have been used throughout the world for the therapy of diabetes mellitus. Among many medications and other alternative medicines, several herbs have been known to cure and control diabetes; additionally they have minimal side effects. The present review is an attempt to explore hypoglycaemic role of genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) plants with anti-diabetic and related beneficial effects originating from different parts of world as reported in literatures. The genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) was first published in Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus in 1735. Ficus is one of the largest genuses among angiosperms. Among the genera of seed plants it ranked as the twenty-first. It comprises of about 800 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Some of the most important species of Ficus are F.racemosa , F. religiosa, F. carica, F. sycomorus, F. microcarpa and F. bengalensis.
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