Evaluations of the and antidiabetic activity of 70 % ethanolic fruit extracts of .

Background: Diabetes mellitus is becoming major health challenge with continually increasing burden. High costs of conventional medicines and numerous side effects associated with them, on the other hand, easy availability and accessibility of traditional herbal medicines calls upon experimental investigations to validate their effect on lowering blood glucose level.

Methods: The dried fruit of was macerated with 70 % ethanol and the extract's antidiabetic activity was investigated using dinitrosalisylic acid method for alpha amylase inhibitory activity.