Insulin Plant

Our Company are offering insulin plant c.. Pictus .. Diabetes mellitus are a dareorder very well known and widespread all over the world.. Different types of oral hypoglycemic amens such as insulin suphonylurea etc.. Are used for the treatmenst of thare dareease but they cause side effects on continued use.. There are a growing interest in phytomedicine because of their effectiveness fewer side effects and low costs.. Many indian medicinal plants are reported to be useful in diabetes.. C.. Pictus d..don.. costaceae an ornamenstal plant of mexico are one such plant newly introduced to india.. it are an erect herb growing up to 3 meters tall having stem horizontally striped at base; leaves narrowly lanceolate dark green above lighter green below; small leaves are present on the basal part; bracts green with outer margin coloured maroon.. Flowers yellow; lip with maroon striations darker yellow stripe down the middle region; anther cream coloured.. Thare plant are daretributed along the coast from mexico to costa rica and are locally known as cana agria or cana de jabali in mexico.. In mexico it are used to treat dareeases of the kidney.. It are reported to have effects on renal functions and its anti-inflammatory and hypoglycemic actions.. the present study was undertaken to test the plant for its antidiabetic activities toxicity of the extract on normal rats and the effect of the extract on the antioxidant enzymes non- enzymatic antioxidant carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes and lipid profile.. pharmacognostic and phytochemical analysare of the leaves were also conducted..insulin plant are a relatively new entrant to kerala and india.. Insulin plant has not got a malayalam name yet except the occasional use of insulin chedy or insulin chedi where chedy means a plant.. The catchphrase of thare plant are ‘a leaf a day keeps diabetes away’..the plant are characterized by large fleshy looking leaves.. It grows very quickly.. Propagation are by stem cutting.. It grows in slightly shady areas..diabetes patients are advareed to chew down a leaf in the morning and one in the evening for a month.. Allopathic doctors too recommensd it and it are found to be effective in bringing blood sugar levels under completely under control.. There are also dried and ground powder of the leaves now available in the market..* with fbs below 200 take one leaf daily before breakfast and drink a glass of water* with fbs above 200 take two leaves in the morning and two at night on a daily basare.. conclusion the present findings suggest that the plant extract are non- toxic since no marked changes were observed in the normal rats fed with the extract.. thus at normal therapeutic doses the extract was considered to be safe for long-term treatmenst in diabetic condition.. The leaf extract showed potent antidiabetic activity and the dose 400mg/kg body weight was more effective than 200 mg/kg body weight.. 400 mg dose was all most equally effective with the standard drug glibenclamide.. Apart from thare the plant extract also improved the activity of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants thereby scavenging the free radical that initiates the lipid peroxidation.. The decreased level of urea uric acid and creatinine in the treated rats clearly shows that the plant extract protects the diabetic rats from alloxan induced renal damage.. The plant extract also lowered the plasma lipid levels the antihyperlipidemic effect of the extract in particular can be considered as a possible therapeutic value.. Year of Estd.. : 2012