DILLENIA INDICA (OUTENGA) AS ANTI-DIABETIC HERB FOUND IN ASSAM: A REVIEW
AbstractDillenia Indica, commonly known as elephant apple and locally known as outenga, is the handsome evergreen tree grows in the moist forest of sub-Himalayan region to Assam. The fruit grows in abundance and due to lack of knowledge and technical knowledge; most of these fruits are wasted. In Assam, traditionally the unripe fruits are used to make curries because of its sour taste and ripe fruits are making pickles. The fruits are generally high in fibre and due to presence of gummy substances, extraction of juice becomes difficult. The plant grows about 15 m tall. Not only the fruits have medicinal values but the leaves and the bark also showed numerous pharmacological activity. The studies showed that the plant possesses various activities like Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory, dysentery, Antidiabetic etc. The fruits and the juice of the plant are traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases and one of the major diseases is Diabetes Mellitus. It was also proved from the review of literatures that this plant possesses some antidiabetic properties (Sunil kumar et.al). Thus in this review we gave some emphasise on the traditional and clinical use of Dillenia Indica (outenga or elephant apple) as an antidiabetic herb.
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Apurba Talukdar*, Nayan Talukdar , Satyendra Deka and Bhargab Jyoti Sahariah
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Assam down town University, Sankar Madhab Path, Gandhinagar, Panikhaiti, Guwahati- 781026, Assam, India
apurbampharm@rediffmail.com
24 April, 2012
21 May, 2012
21 July, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(8).2482-86
01 August, 2012
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