Ayurveda medicinal plants with anti-diabetic and other beneficial properties

Plant Name	Ayurvedic/common name/	Anti-diabetic and other beneficial effects proved scientifically	References
Acacia arabica:	Babbul	Hypoglycemic effect by initiating release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells	( Wadood A., et all, 1989 )
Aegle marmelos	Bael or Bilva	Hypoglycemic activity	(Karunanayake E.H. et all, 1984)
Aloe vera and Aloe barbadensis	Gwarpatha or Ghritkumari	Hypoglycemic activity
Azadirachta indica:	Neem	Anti-diabetic activity, apart from this plant also has anti-bacterial, antimalarial, antifertility, hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects	(Biswas K., et all, 2002 )
Annona squamosa	Sitaphal	Hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic activities of ethanolic leaf-extract, Increased plasma insulin level	(Kaleem M. et all, 2006 & Gupta R K, et all, 2005)
Artemisia pallens	Davana	Hypoglycemic, increases peripheral glucose utilization or inhibits glucose reabsorption	(Subramonium A., et all, 1996 )
Areca catechu	Pugi/Supari	Hypoglycemic	(Chempakam B. 1993 )
Boerhavia diffusa	Punarnava	Increase in hexokinase activity,decrease in glucose-6-phosphatase and fructose bis-phosphatase activity, increase plasma insulin level, antioxidant	(Pari L.,2004 & Sateesh M A 2004)
Bombax ceiba	Semul or Shalmali Palasha	Hypoglycemic Hypoglycemic (Somani R., et all, 2006 )	(Saleem R.,et all, 1999 )
Butea monosperma Cassia auriculata Linn	Avartaki	Antihyperglycemic	(S. J. Surana, et all, 2008 )
Capparis decidua	Karir or Kair	Hypoglycemic, antioxidant, hypolipidaemic	(Agarwal V., Chauhan B.M. 1988 )
Coccinia indica	Bimbi	Hypoglycemic	(Kamble S.M.,et all, 1998)
Emblica officinalis	Amla, Dhatriphala, a constituent of herbal formulation, “Triphala”	Decreases lipid peroxidation, antioxidant, Hypoglycemic	Bhattacharya A, et all 1999,b. Kumar K C S , et all, 1999, c. Bhattacharya A, et all, 1995)
Enicostema littorale	Krimihrita	Increase hexokinase activity, Decrease glucose 6-phosphatase and fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase activity. Dose dependent hypoglycemic activity	(a) Maroo J., et all, 2003, b. Vijayvargia R. et all, 2000)
Eugenia jambolana	Indian gooseberry, jamun, Jambu	Antihyperglycemic effect, Inhibits insulin activity from liver and kidney	(Acherekar S., et all, 1991)
Ficus bengalenesis	Vat/ Burgad	Hypoglycemic, antioxidant	(Augusti K.T., et all, 1994)
Gymnema sylvestre	Gudmar or Meshashringi	Anti-hyperglycemic effect, hypolipidemic	Chattopadhyay R.R, 1999, b. Preuss H.G., et all, 1998)
Hemidesmus indicus	Sariva/Anantamul	Anti snake venom activity, anti-inflammatory, Hypoglycemic	(Alam M.I., Gomes A. 1998)
Hibiscus rosa-sinesis Hollarhena antidisentrica	Gudahal or Japa Kutaj	Initiates insulin release from pancreatic beta cells Hypoglycemic activity	(Sachadeva A., Khemani L.D, 1999) (P. Chandar – 2006)
Momordica cymbalaria	Karela	Hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic	(Rao B.K. et all, 1999)
Murraya koenigii	Curry patta, Meetha Neem	Hypoglycemic, increases glycogenesis and decreases gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis	(Khan B.A.,, et all, 1995)
Swertia chirayita	Chiraita	Stimulates insulin release from islets	(Saxena A.M., et all, 1993)
Syzygium alternifolium	Shaha - jira	Hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic	(Rao B.K., Rao C.H., 2001 )
Terminalia belerica	Behada	Antibacterial, Hypoglycemic	(Sabu M.C., Kuttan R, 2002 )
Terminalia chebula	Haritaki or Harad	Antibacterial, Hypoglycemic	(Sabu M.C., Kuttan R., 2002)
Vinca rosea	Sadabahar	Anti-hyperglycemic	(Chattopadhyay S.R, et all, 1991 )
Withania somnifera	Ashvagandha, Winter cherry	Hypoglycemic, diuretic and hypocholesterolemic	(Adallu B., Radhika B. , 2004 )

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