DISCUSSION
Phytochemicals especially polyphenols have received increasing attention because of interesting new discoveries considering their
biological activities (Cho et al., 2003). In this study, a number of phytochemical are present in the extract of this species and they constitute a major group of compounds that act as primary
antioxidants with high redox potentials and singlet oxygen quenchers (Kahkonen et al., 1999). Patients with diabetes mellitus are characterized with elevated level of oxidative damage,
decreased level of antioxidant defenses and are prone to lipid abnormalities due to lipid peroxidation (Asayama et al., 1993).