Abstract
Hit Kishore Goswami
Abstract
Carbohydrates has various forms which in toto make bricks and fuel of our body. Starch and sugars are complex and among them glucose in particular is a sugar is of vital importance. But on one hand we need sugars so as to be helpful in generating energies among various tissues for their adequate functions, on the otherhand excess of sugar causes serious multiorgan problems shaping to chronic disorder.There are a large number of physiological disorders involving various forms of carbohydrate metabolism. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterized by inappropriate hyperglycemia caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin or by a resistance to the action of insulin at the cellular level. Diabetes mellitus is affecting around 3 to 5% of the population worldwide. The introduction of sulfonylurea and metformin about 60 years back had led to a proper remedy to control the severity of the disease. But we have experienced lot many limitations and classic treatments of ancient time like Aayurvedic, Chinese and traditional medicnal practices have been reemphasizing on greater emphasis of plant materials. Plant materials which are being used as traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes are considered to be the best source for a new drug or a lead to make a new drug. Plant extracts have been extensively tried for studying hypoglycaemic effects and extracts have also been tested by microbiological assays to be effective against fungal and bacterial infections. Nearly 500 plants have been tried and myself and several authors from India, China, Taiwan and Brazil have written quite long reviews