The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Hypoglycaemic Potential of Insulin Plant (Costus pictus D. Don) in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects


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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
     

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Diabetes mellitus is a silent disease and is now recognised as one of the fastest growing threats to public health in almost all countries of the world. Around 150 million people suffer from diabetes in the world out of which above 35 million are Indians, the highest number in any country. Diabetes is a heterogenous syndrome characterized by absolute or relative impairment of insulin secretion and action.
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  • Hypoglycaemic Potential of Insulin Plant (Costus pictus D. Don) in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects

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S. Premakumari
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
Divya G. Nair
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, India

Abstract


Diabetes mellitus is a silent disease and is now recognised as one of the fastest growing threats to public health in almost all countries of the world. Around 150 million people suffer from diabetes in the world out of which above 35 million are Indians, the highest number in any country. Diabetes is a heterogenous syndrome characterized by absolute or relative impairment of insulin secretion and action.