A. paniculata is one of the most commonly used plants
in the traditional systems of Unani, Siddha and Ayurvedic
medicines. It is called Creat in English and is known as the
king of bitters. Presence of active ingredients from diterpenoids
group such as andrographolide, neoandrographolide and 14-
deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide has given incredible
unique medicinal properties to the plant[10]. A. paniculata
has been reported to have numerous medicinal properties[11].
Moreover, in Compendium of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, A.
paniculata is reported as a leading medicinal plant in treating
diabetes, high blood pressure and various other ailments,
traditionally[12]. Although A. paniculata has been used as
antidiabetic drug in traditional systems of medicine, its mode of
action has not been evaluated. On this account, the dry powder
of A. paniculata (aerial part) was chosen for the present study
to conventionalize its antidiabetic property in type-2 diabetic
adult male Wistar rat
growing awareness of unwanted side effects and other aspects
of allopathic medicines