02138nas a2200205 4500008004100000245009100041210006900132260001800201300001200219490000700231520151700238653002501755653001901780653001601799653002401815653002201839100001801861700001801879856003501897 2019 eng d00aGymnema sylvestre (Gurmar): A Potent Herb with Anti-diabetic and Antioxidant Potential0 aGymnema sylvestre Gurmar A Potent Herb with Antidiabetic and Ant cFebruary 2019 a201-2060 v113 a

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disorder with high blood sugar level. Type 2 is the common form. The herbal remedies for diabetes treatment is an area of research with a huge potential for the progress in the growth of inexpensive alternative medicine with low or no side effects. In this paper, reviews mainly focused on traditionally used medicinal herb, Gymnema sylvestre and its bioactive components and their mode of actions. Method: Relevant information was collected from scientific journals, research papers, books and various medicinal reviews. Result: This review provides a comprehensive report on Gymnema sylvestre having antidiabetic and antioxidant activity due to its bioactive compounds like oleanines (gymnemic acid, gymnema saponins), dammarenes (gymnemasides), anthraquinones, flavones, hentriacontane, pentatriacontane, phytin, resin, tartaric acid, formic acid, butyric acid, lupeol, β-amyrene related glycosides and anthraquinones, alkaloid like gymnamine, flavonoids, cinnamic acid, folic acid, ascorbic acid etc. Conclusion: Considering the presence of bioactive compounds present in Gymnema sylvestre, this review is aimed to summarize the information of the chemical constituents and their antidiabetic activities and specially to detect the relation between antioxidants and antidiabetic compounds regarding blood sugar reduction in diabetes.

10aAlternative medicine10aAnti- diabetic10aAntioxidant10aBioactive compounds10aGymnema sylvestre1 aLaha, Suparna1 aPaul, Santanu uhttps://phcogj.com/article/835