PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF INDIGOFERA ASTRAGALINA

The word diabetes is Greek for a draw off, referring to the ejection of a more quantity of urine; and mellitus is Latin used for sugar. Consequently diabetes mellitus means the passage of huge amounts of sweet urine. This is derived from the information that excess glucose in the blood spills over into the urine, absorbing fluids with it. Based on the exhaustive literature survey, the objective of the present work focussed on the search of herb to be proved as more suitable among the reported herbs/ herbal preparations/claimed herbs, towards the control of blood glucose level in hyperglycemic condition. In the present investigation herbs; Indigofera astragalina were considered based on their literature information. In general, there is very little biological knowledge on the specific modes of action in the treatment of diabetes, but most of the plants have been found to contain substances like phenols, glycosides, alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids etc., that are normally concerned as having antidiabetic effect. Keywords: Keywords: Antidiabetic activity, alkaloids, Flavonoid, Phenol and Indigofera Astragalina.