Indian Council of Medical Research

Diakron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Pothapragada Suryanarayana Murthy

Suman Bala Sharma

Afreena Nasir

K M Prabhu

Radha Moorthy

Dinesh Puri

Krishan Madhav Prabhu

The invention relates to a composition having blood glucose-lowering and cholesterol-lowering activity that can be obtained from seeds of the Papilinaceae Leguminosae family, for example, fenugreek seed. Methods of obtaining the composition from seed and seed parts are provided. Therapeutic methods of using the composition, such as for treating diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, are also a part of the invention.

Anti-diabetic and cholesterol lowering preparation from fenugreek seeds

The present invention relates to an herbal therapeutic product for controlling diabetes mellitus comprising at least one hypoglycemic compound extracted from the pulp of fruit The process for the preparation of the herbal therapeutic product to control the glucose level, comprises cleaning and drying the fruit of a species of family Eugenia to remove extraneous material from the outermost layer of the said fruit. De-seeding the fruit and soaking the said de-seeded fruit in water under controlled cooled conditions overnight to retain the activity of hypoglycemic compounds in the mixture of water and pulp of de-seeded fruit. It is followed by mixing the mixture to achieve a uniform consistency.

Process for the preparation of an herbal-therapeutic product extracted from the pulp of a species eugenia jambolana

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