ANTI-HYPERGLYCAEMIC EFFECT OF EUPHORBIA HIRTA TO SWISS ALBINO MICE

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the bodys ability to utilize the energy found in food. This is a condition in which the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, which the body needs to regulate glucose metabolism. Diabetes mellitus is a complicated health condition with multiple causes and many natural treatment options. In Euphorbia hirta afzelin, quercitrin, myricitrin, rutin, quercitin, euphorbin-A, euphorbin-B, euphorbin-C, euphorbin-D, 2,4,6-tri-O-galloyl-B-D-glucose, 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-galloyl-B-D-glucose, kaempferol, gallic acid, and protocatechuic acid have been isolated. Euphorbia hirta has antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, sedative, anxiolytic, anti-epileptic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antihistamine, anti-asthmatic, anti - diabetic, anti - cancer, and wound healing properties. It exerts healing, gastrointestinal, diuretic, antiparasitic, immunological, hepatoprotective, galactose producing, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory effect. Medicinal plants have been reported to be useful for diabetes all over the world and are empirically used as antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic agents.