Pharmacology, Birbhum Pharmacy School, birbhum, India.
Received on 05 June 2024; revised on 17 July 2024; accepted on 20 July 2024
Background: TARO (Colocasia esculenta) an herbal plant and used to treat type 2 diabetes in clinical practice, but the potential evidence needs to be provided.
Materials and Methods: plant material is collected and extraction completed. Then perform Phytochemical screening. Type 2 diabetic model rats were induced by feeding high fat diet (HFD) . The model rats were given for 4 weeks. Then treaded with herbal medicine
Results: After phytochemical study find out lots of active compound. Flavonoids and terpinoids are responsible for anti-diabetic activity. Extract significantly decreased fasting blood glucose at 750 mg/kg.
Conclusion: The results display that extract performs anti-diabetic functions in type 2 diabetic rats induced by feeding HFD.
High fat diet; Anti diabetic; Type 2 diabetic
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Bishan Sarkar, Bidisha Ghosh and Payel Choudury. Research work on an inevitable component to treat type 2 diabetes from the margin of Colocasia esculenta. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2024, 19(01), 268–281. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2024.19.1.0431