Abstract
Swertia chirayita, an anti-diabetic medicinal plant needs urgent conservation. Cultivation is an effective conservation approach that can balance market demand and species protection. Aqueous and 12% ethanolic extracts of wild and cultivated S. chirayita were investigated to understand possible variation in potential anti-diabetic-related bioactivity. In general, higher antioxidant activity was found in wild extracts, while higher α-glucosidase inhibitory activity was found in cultivated extracts for all plant parts. This indicates that despite the small differences in their biological functionality, cultivated S. chirayita has the same potential as wild S. chirayita in the management of type 2 diabetes and its related complications.
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