Antidiabetic, Antihyperlipidemic and Antioxidant Activities of Cansjera Rheedii in Alloxan Induced Rats

(Dist), Tamilnadu ' 637207, India. Summary Cansjera rheedii is widely used traditional medicine to treat so many ailments. It is also used as folk medicine to treat diabetes in India. The present study was carried out to identify the anti'diabetic activity of the leaf ext ract of chloroform extract of the plant Cansjera rheedii. The chloroform extract of the leaf was evaluated for its effect on blood sugar against the alloxan induced diabetic rats and compared it with standard drug, Glibenclamide. The result of this experimental study indicates that the ECR possess a significant antidiabetic effect (hypoglycemic effect). It also showed that the ECR possess