Comparative Anti-Diabetic Evaluation of Different Parts of Himalrandia tetrasperma in Alloxan Induced Diabetic in Mice

The present experiments were designed to investigate the acute effects of methanolic extracts of various parts of H. tetrasperma in diabetic mice. The basic phyto-chemical study showed the occurrence of alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids and tannins as main phyto-constituents in the methanolic extract. Diabetes was induced experimentally in mice by intra peritoneally injecting alloxan (150 mg/kg i.p.). In acute study, methanolic H. tetrasperma extracts of various parts of plant were evaluated for anti-diabetic potential in alloxan induced diabetic mice. Extracts of leaves, bark and seeds (250 mg/kg, i.p) and metformin (250 mg/kg i.p) were given intra peritoneal in alloxan treated diabetic mice and blood glucose levels were measured at 0, 360 and 24 h. There was significant lowering of blood glucose level at 1 h after treatment, in diabetic mice treated with methanolic extracts of bark (182.3 +/- 3.6 mg/dL), leaves (178.5 +/- 1.2 mg/dL) and seeds (156.3 +/- 11.3 mg/dL) when compared with control diabetic group (280 +/- 7.92 mg/dL). Highly significant results were also obtained at 24 h after treatment with methanolic extracts of bark (187.67 +/- 1.2 mg/dL), leaves (170.66 +/- 2.3 mg/dL) and seeds (142 +/- 8.7 mg/dL) when compared with control diabetic group (257.7 +/- 6.7 mg/dL). It is concluded that methanolic extract of all parts possess significant anti-diabetic activity which is due to the presence of phytochemicals, i.e. alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, saponins, tannins and it can be further evaluated for the mechanism involved.