Drug potential of plants is well documented. The usefulness of medicinal plants as drugs, food supplements and also as adjuvant therapy in the management of diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder, has also been amply demonstrated by numerous research publications. Several review articles on the role of medicinal plants in the management of diabetes mellitus have appeared but what a researcher in this area needs is not merely a review but the total work done in the area, the findings of different workers on a particular plant as well of the plants that have been investigated and the present book fulfils that requirement.
It is a compilation of brief summary of the publications in the area during the last 35 years in a systematic manner. In the book the plants investigated for their anti-diabetic activity, have been arranged in alphabetical order and the research findings on the anti hyperglycaemic, hypoglycaemic and antioxidant activity of each plant are presented in an orderly fashion the findings of similar nature are grouped together though the references are in chronological order.
A brief description of each plant has been provided mainly on the basis of the information furnished by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The common names of the plants and their Hindi (H). and Sanskrit (S) names have been shown, where ever possible. The essential sources of abstracts of research publications are Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Abstracts (MAPA) and online database of Pub Med., a service of the US National library of Medicine. Besides the main text, the book provides an Appendix which covers the topics like anti diabetic herbal formulations, dietary fibres in the management of diabetes, Phytochemicals with anti-diabetic potential etc. The structures of the plant derived chemicals together with their sources and appropriate references are shown in tabular form.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A B Ray
A.B. Ray, former Professor and Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, obtained his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Calcutta University under the guidance of Professor (Mrs.) Asima Chatterjee, in 1965. He did his postdoctoral research with late Professor Jack L. Beal in the College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. About 20 students had chosen to do their postgraduate research with him. He worked on the chemistry and biological activity of different groups of plant products and published 147 research papers including several big review articles in international and national journals of repute. He visited Japan and Russia under the bilateral exchange program of INSA and delivered lectures over there. Dr. Ray participated and delivered plenary/invited lectures in various conferences and symposia. After being superannuated, he carried on his research work as Emeritus Scientist of CSIR, New Delhi till 1998.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J P N Chansouria
Dr. J P N Chansouria obtained his graduate degree in Ayurveda, medicine and Surgery (ABMS) from College of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu University 1964. Thereafter, he joined the centre of Experimental medicine and Surgery, Institute of Medicinal Sciences, Banaras Hindu university initiality as a research fellow and later as a research Officer. Dr. Chansouria did his Ph.D. (Ayurveda) on wound healing and indigenous drugs under the supervision of Late Professor K.N. Udupa, Former Director, Institute of medicinal Sciences, Banaras Hindu University in the year 1974. During the year 1980-1981, he worked a t the surgical medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada as a postdoctoral research Fellow with Professor G.W. Scott, the then Director of the Institute. With more than 37 years of research experience, Dr. Chansuria, worked on various biomedical problems. The major areas of his research include endocrine and metabolic response to stress, would healing and evaluation of biological activity of indigenous medicinal plants and isolated are phytochemicals. He has published over 120 research Papers and supervised research work of several Ph.D. and MD, MS and MD (Ay) candidates. He attended several national and International conferences, s3eminars and workshops.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S Hemalatha
After obtaining her B. Pharm degree for the university of madras and M.Pharm. degree from Banaras University, Ms. S Hemalatha joined SRM College of Pharmacy, Chennai as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy and served there for 6 years. In the year 2000, she joined the department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University to pursue her Ph.D. research work titled 'Pharmacogcognostical and Pharmacological Evaluation of Some Antidiabetic Indigenous Plants' under the supervision of Professor A.K. Wahi. She was awarded Ph.D. degree in year 2005 and was appointed as a Lecturer in the department. She has more than 10 years of research experience and published several papers in national and International scientific journals. She attended and presented papers in several conferences. Pharmacognostical and Pharmacological evaluation of indigenous medical plants is the major area of her research. Recently she has been promoted as a reader in the same department.
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