Antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic activities of wild musk melon ( var. ) in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats.

Objective: Wild musk melon ( var, CMA) is one of the edible plants form Tamil Nadu. Traditionally, this plant was used as diabetic diet (leaves of CMA with leaves), but there is no scientific report on antidiabetic action of this plant material. Hence, the current research work was designed to evaluate the antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic effect of hydroalcoholic extract of CMA leaves (HALEC) in streptozotocin (STZ)-nicotinamide (NIC)-induced diabetic rats.