PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTI-DIABETIC COMPOUND IN ROOT CULTURE OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS

摘要

The present invention provides treatment of diabetes using serpentine. The present invention particularly provides a process of production of serpentine in Catharanthus roseus hairy root culture, effect of hairy root extract in reducing blood glucose level in a subject. The present invention further provides identification and isolation of biologically active compound from the extract.