A REVIEW ON GLYCEMIC CONTROL BY THE SEEDS OF SYZYGIUM CUMINI AND FRUIT OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA

Abstract

Nature is the best gift that humans are provided with. People always search for the nature's gift that soothes the mind and heals the body. Since time immemorial, plants were proven to be the good source for the extraction of drugs. According, to World Health Organization nearly 90% of the developing countries use plants and their products as the traditional medicine. Among all these plants, 800 plants were found to contain antidiabetic potential which controls the sugar level in blood. Diabetes mellitus is the metabolic disease which is characterized by the increase in the blood glucose level and this leads to several other diseases. It also causes the spillage of glucose in urine and therefore it is termed as “sweet urine. This review focuses on the usage of the seeds of Jamun (Syzygium cumini)and fruit of Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) for the treatment of diabetes especially Type 2, and to control the blood sugar level (glycemic control) and aims to provide in-depth information about the anti-diabetic potential of the jamun seeds and anti-inammatory activity of bitter melon. The seed of jamun and fruit of bitter melon also contains many phytochemical components which functions to bring hypoglycemic effect and the details about the various phytochemical agents are also explained in this review.