“Ethno-botanical studies on medicinal flora having properties to control hyperglycemia”

Hyperglycemia is a major symptom of Diabetes mellitus and a causal agent of many other major complications of Diabetes mellitus. Many synthetic hypoglycemic drugs such as sulphonylurea and biguanides cause side-effects and are so costly. Herbal drugs are safer and ease in accessibility. Plants are rich in bioactive compounds. Many of them are medicinally important and having hypoglycemic properties While working on the ethnobotanical studies in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, about 26 plants were identified having hypoglycemic potential. These plants belong to 20 families and are growing wildly or cultivated.