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Volume 8, Issue 10 (Suppl) J Diabetes Metab
ISSN: 2155-6156 JDM, an open access journal Herbal Diabetes 2017
November 02-04, 2017
November 02-04, 2017 Bangkok, Thailand
23rd International Conference on
Herbal and Alternative Remedies for
Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders
A clinical study on the anti-diabetic effect of an Indian fruit D. indica
Bishnu Prasad Sarma and Munmee Das
Government Ayurvedic College Guwahati, India
Non-communicable diseases have been rising steadily in India and are second only to communicable disease in terms
of their contribution to the disease burden. Amongst the NCDs, the prevalence of Diabetes mellitus has been rising
at an alarming rate. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia due to absolute or relative
deficiency of insulin. People with diabetes have an increased risk of developing many serious health problems. Consistently
high blood glucose levels can lead to serious diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves and teeth. In
addition, people with diabetes also have a higher risk of developing infections. Despite tremendous progress made into the
understanding of the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus an efficient, cost effective drug for
long term management of diabetes remains elusive. Because of the limitations in the presently available oral hypoglycemic
agents the use of alternative therapies that can manage diabetes efficiently and safely is now encouraged amongst the scientific
community. Open non-comparative trial was done with powder of the trial drug D. indica to explore and study its efficacy in
the management of diabetes. The effect of the drug D. indica on the Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) is found to be statistically highly
significant in each follow up (P<0.001). In case of Post Prandial Blood Sugar (PPBS) with the mean difference had increased
gradually from 180±5.6 to 168.45±12.1 and 155.9±16.7 at 8, 16 and 24 weeks of treatment, respectively. The results of the
therapeutic trial showed that the trail drug D. indica was very effective in controlling the blood glucose level. The result of the
RCT proves that use of plant based anti-diabetic agents can be very valuable to manage diabetes mellitus and its complications.
J Diabetes Metab 2017, 8:10 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6156-C1-073