Traditional plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Sursagar constituency, Jodhpur, Rajasthan - An ethnomedicinal survey.
BACKGROUND
In Jodhpur, large number of people suffering with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). They are using medicinal plants along with modern medicine for the management of diabetes. The aim of this work is to document the anti-diabetic plants and determine the most relevant anti-diabetic plant species using the Disease Consensus Index.


METHODS
Ethnomedicinal survey was conducted for selection of anti-diabetic plant. Structured questionnaire was developed for calculation of Disease Consensus Index and administered to fifty Type 2 diabetic patients for recording their response.


RESULTS
Twenty-one species of anti-diabetic plants were recorded, Momordica charantia (score: 0.71), Azadirachta indica (score: 0.64), Trigonella foenum-graecum (score: 0.63), Capparis decidua (score: 0.60), Withania coagulans (score: 0.54), Gymnema sylvestre (score: 0.52) and Syzygium cumini (score: 0.51) were the most significant anti-diabetic plants of the area of study, having DCI more than 0.5.


CONCLUSIONS
Use of anti-diabetic plants is prevalent diabetic patients of the area. C. decidua, W. coagulans and G. sylvestre are recommend the further phytochemical and pharmacological investigation due to high DCI score and relatively unexplored status.
Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Pharmacy Wing, Jodhpur, 342008 Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: manojgoyal620@yahoo.com.
Manoj
M
Goyal
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts
Anti-diabetic; Diabetes mellitus type 2; Disease Consensus Index; Jodhpur; Medicinal plants