Gymnema Sylvestre - A Review

Abstract

Many people suffering with diabetes mellitus with increased risk of complication which affects the quality
of day today life style this increases the mortality rate of the people. To reduce the people financial burden
and to prevent the side effects of diabetes mellitus, an extract of plant called Gymnemasylvestre’s shows
a potential effect in reducing the sugar level.Gymnema leaves have the mixture of bioactive constituent’s
tri-terpenes, glycosides and saponin property which represents the antidiabetic property. Theleaves of
gymnema sylvestre are used in herbal medicinal preparation. Theleaves of Gymnema sylvestre contain both
antidiabetic and hypolipedemic properties. Here the review of such plant is discussed in this paper