Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder resulting from a defect in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Insulin deficiency in turn leads to chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. DM affects most of the people in both developed and developing countries. The treatment of diabetes with conventional drugs is very expensive and chances of side effects are high.Plant natural products have...