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.