The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Hypoglycemic Effect of Moringa oleifera (Drumstick) Leaf Powder on Human Diabetic Subjects and Albino Rats


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1 Department of Home Science, Women's Christian College, Chennai - 600 006, India
     

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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease epidemic with a global prevalence of 300 million people. In the Indian scenario, the WHO has estimated a sharp upswing in the number of diabetics from 19.4 million in 1995 to an expected 57.2 million by 2025, the chief reason being urbanisation and life styled besides heredity, race, age, nutritional status, stress, altered immune function, altered physiological and metabolic status, drugs and hormones.
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Sheila John
Department of Home Science, Women's Christian College, Chennai - 600 006, India
Anna Rangini Chellappa
Department of Home Science, Women's Christian College, Chennai - 600 006, India

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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease epidemic with a global prevalence of 300 million people. In the Indian scenario, the WHO has estimated a sharp upswing in the number of diabetics from 19.4 million in 1995 to an expected 57.2 million by 2025, the chief reason being urbanisation and life styled besides heredity, race, age, nutritional status, stress, altered immune function, altered physiological and metabolic status, drugs and hormones.