Evaluation of Antidiabetic and Hypolipidemic Activities of Ethanolic Extract of Portulaca oleracea (Whole Plant) in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats

摘要

Portulaca oleracea commonly called as Nunar in Kashmiri, Common Purslane in English and Lunia in Hindi is a weed that is cosmopolitan in nature and grows in warm temperate, tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Many chemical constituents have been isolated from this plant which has shown a number of pharmacological activities of this plant. These pharmacological activities include antifungal, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, gastric antiulcerogenic, bronchodilatory and anti-tumour activities. Very little work has been done on anti-diabetic and hypolipidemic activities. The present study was to ascertain the chemical constituents of this plant and evaluate the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic potential of the hydro-alcoholic extract of the plant. The study has revealed that the hydro-alcoholic extract of whole plant of Portulaca oleracea has various chemical constituents and significant anti- diabetic and hypolipidemic activities.