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Abstract
More than 400 plants with glucose-lowering effects are known. Among these plants, some have been reported to possess some hypolipidemic effects and hypoglycemic effects (Babu et al., 2007).
World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the evaluation of traditional plant treatments for diabetes as they are
effective, non-toxic, with less or no side effects and are
considered to be excellent candidates for oral therapy (Day,
1998).
Recently, many medicinal plants possessing experimental
and clinical antidiabetic activity that have been used in traditional
systems of medicine. Biological activities of medicinal plants are
closely related to their elemental composition. Plants rich in Mg
and Ca generally have high potential of lowering blood glucose
level (BGL) (Rai et al., 2007).
Cumin has hypoglycemic action, significantly reduced the
blood glucose levels. The mechanism of hypoglycemic action of
cumin is potentiating the insulin effect, either by increasing the
pancreatic secretion of insulin from the cells of islets of
langerhan’s or its release from bound insulin (Prasanna, 2000).