Abstract

Diabetes mellitus has become a major public health  and economic problem across the globe. The inadequacies, as well as  serious adverse effects associated with conventional medicines, led  to a determined search for alternative natural therapeutic agents. This  study aimed to evaluate the in-vitro antidiabetic effects of Xanthium  Strumarium L. Leaves Extracts. The % yield of acetone and ethyl  acetate extract was found to be 1.9% and 2.5% respectively.  Qualitative phytochemical tests confirmed the presence of alkaloids,  glycosides, saponins, fats and oils, and phenols in acetone extract  while alkaloids, glycosides, glycosides, saponins, steroids and  phenols were present in ethyl acetate extract. The in-vitro antidiabetic and antioxidant studies of the extract revealed that the  ethyl acetate extract of Xanthium strumarium L. leaves showed good  antidiabetic and antioxidant potential when compared with acetone  extract and significant with standard compound Acarbose. 

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