Chromium contents of some widely used indigenous hypoglycemic herbal drugs

ABSTRACT

Chromium and other trace elements of some hypoglycemic plants, Gymnema sylvestre. Momordica charantia, Caralluma edulis and Berberus lycium, widely used as herbal drugs by local practitioner were determined by Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry [ASS] and Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Chromium contents of these herbal drugs were compared with the reported daily requirements and experimental therapeutic concentration and relationship of chromium contents with their hypoglycemic activity was examined