Aim: As an alternative medicine to treat diabetes mellitus, many herbal drugs are being studied throughout the world.
In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the anti-diabetic activity of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) (TC)
stem extracts (both aqueous and alcoholic) in different dosages (200 and 400 mg/kg b.w.) in streptozotocin diabetic
albino rats. The probable mechanism by which TC may act as an anti-hyperglycemic drug was also investigated.