Ethnic Indian Plants in Cure of Diabetes

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. What is diabetes? 2. Aetiology of diabetes -- an Indian perspective. 3. The diabetes and the methodology -- an overview of the previous work. 4. Arrangement of data. 5. Antidiabetic plants. 6. Conclusion and prospects. 7. Literature cited. Appendices: 1. Index to total number of genera and species under various divisions of plant kingdom. 2. Index to families. 3. Index to uses of various species under a genus for the cure of diabetes. 4. Index to botanical names. 5. Index to English names. 6. Index to Hindi names. 7. Index to Sanskrit names.

"The present compendium is first of its kind providing up-to-date information on the phytotherapeutic potential (including biological activity and active constituents) of 360 Indian plants under 288 genera and 97 families for alleviating the suffering of mankind due to diabetes. These include mostly the angiosperms (351 species), followed by pteriodophytes (6 species) and gymnosperms (3 species). Of the angiospermous taxa, 312 dicotyledonous species predominate in their antidiabetic properties. Over twenty-four colour photographs of the plants, two figures and seven appendices enhance the value of the compilation significantly. It is hoped that this monographic information source will serve as a multidisciplinary ready reckoner to ethnobotany graduates and postgraduate students, researchers, pharmacists, medical practitioners, scientists and teacher through the globe."