SEEDLING MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOME COMMON ANTI-DIABETIC PLANTS WITH REFERENCE TO ITS TAXONOMIC POTENTIAL
Sanghamitra Sanyal*
ABSTRACT
Diabetes is a growing health concern worldwide and now emerging as an epidemic world over. The management of diabetes is still a major challenge. Thus there is great demand for research on natural products with anti-diabetic properties. Numerous studies have confirmed the benefits of medicinal plants with anti-hyperglycemic effects in the management of diabetes mellitus. In this paper, we address the identification of some anti-diabetic plants at the juvenile stage. Seedling morphology of ten taxa has been studied which are known to cure diabetes. The characters of paracotyledons and eophylls provide important informations which have been used in construction of artificial keys for identification purpose. The objective of this work is to provide seedling data for the identification of these plants at the seedling stage for sustainable consumption.
Keywords: Artificial key, seedling morphology, diabetes.
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