Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

The world threatening disorder is the Diabetes Mellitus. It has become as a major health hazard, which is growing year after year. Today, the big cause of death in societies is diabetes and its complications such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension etc. The current treatment in the diabetes is use of some herbal plants as it has no side effects and also it was proved to be efficient and safety. The herbal plant namely Psidium guajava Lin. was tested for its various activities and the one most observed was the anti–hyperglycemic and anti–hyperlipidemic activities of the fruit extract. Many phytoconstituents were identified and Psidium guajava was used in many clinical studies for its anti– hyperglycemic effect upon alloxan and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. This review article depicts the anti– diabetic and anti–hyperlipidemic activities of fruit extract of Psidium guajava plant.