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International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology, E-ISSN: 2249-8109

 

 Volume 1, Issue 3, 2011 pp 120-123

 

Date of Publish: 27 December 2011

 

Research Article

 

Traditional Medicinal Plant Holarrhena antisenterica (L.) Wall. Ex A. DC. In the Treatment of Diabetes

A.N. Korpenwar

Department of Botany, Shri Shiwaji Science and Arts College, Chikhli, Dist. Buldhana-443201 (MS) INDIA.

Academic Editor:  Dr. Pawar D.D.

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the region of Ralegaon Tahsil, Dist. Yavatmal. The study was carried out during the period of June 2010 to August 2011. A number of villages were visited in this region. The information was documented involving field study by contacting and interviewing traditional healers for plants used in the treatment of diabetes. Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. Ex. A. DC. (Apocynaceae) was selected for the study. The patients who had used medicines prepared by healers were also interviewed to document information of age group 9 to 76 years. To establish identity, the plant is collected for making herbarium record and deposited in the Department of Botany, Shri Shiwaji Science and Arts College, Chikhli, Dist. Buldhana (M.S.).