SONGKLANAKARIN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Volume 41, No. 04, Month JULY, Year 2019, Pages 942 - 950

A review of the antidiabetic potential of mangifera indica leaf extract

Pattarin Patarakijavanich, Vilasinee Hirunpanich Sato, Sumet Kongkiatpaiboon, Savita Chewchinda

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Mangifera indica Linn. (Anacardiaceae) is commonly called mango or ‘Mamuang’ in Thai. In ethnomedical systems, M. indica leaves have been used for the treatment of fever, diarrhea, fainting, abnormality of lymph node, and diabetes. Phytochemical screening of M. indica leaves showed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, terpenoids, anthraquinones, saponins, cardiac glycosides, and steroids. Mangiferin has been regarded as its major compound. Several biological properties of M. indica leaves such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic activities were reported. This review focuses on the traditional usage accompanied with pharmacological activities involving diabetes treatment such as antioxidant and antidiabetic activity of M. indica leaves. This information would be useful for phytopharmaceutical product development as an adjuvant therapy to diabetes treatment.

Keywords

antidiabetic, antioxidant, Mangifera indica, mangiferin, mango

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