EUGENIA JAMBOLINA FRUIT EXTRACTS FOR TREATING DIABETES

摘要

A herbal therapeutic product for controlling diabetes comprising at least one hypoglycemic compound extracted from the pulp of fruit of Eugenia jambolina. The product is prepared by cleaning and drying the fruit, deseeding the fruit, soaking the de-seeded pulp in water, and keeping it overnight in cooled conditions, filtering the mixture, washing the residue with water to extract all the active compounds from the said mixture of water and pulp, reducing the water content by lyophilization to get the residues in concentrated form, purifying the said concentrated product via column chromatography. Thin layer chromatography is then used to get the hypoglycemic compounds in the form of bands. The bands are visualized using an iodine chamber. The hypoglycemic compounds are then extracted to get the herbal therapeutic product to control the glucose level.