PROCESS OF PREPARATION OF NATURAL HEALTH SUPPLEMENT FROM ANNONA MURICATA LEAVES IN CAPSULE

摘要

The present utility model relates in general to a dietary product and its preparation but particularly to a natural health supplements from Annona muricata leaves in capsule form. Before processing into capsules, the plant materials of Annona muricata (Guayabano) were standardized following the general protocol (Manual on the ICS-UNIDO Training on Quality Control of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Products, 1998). Using the carrageenan-induced edema method, the crude extract of guayabano leaves showed 66.79 pcnt protection against edema at 500 mg/kg body weight. The anti-diabetic activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of guayabano showed promising results when bioassayed against the positive control Metformin following the short-term anti-diabetic activity in alloxan-induced diabetes in rats.