Diabetes is a metabolic disorder due to insufficiency of insulin (absolute/relative) and generally classified as IDDM and NIDDM. Present study was conducted to observe the anti-diabetic effect of Morinda citrifolia fruit juice. 48 wistar rats of either sex comprising of four groups were taken for the study. Three groups of 36 rats was induced diabetes with single i/p administration of 5% w/v of alloxan monohydrate in normal saline. One group was kept as healthy control (Group-I) and one as diabetic control (Group-II).For comparison of the effect of Morinda citrifolia fruit juice @ 2 mg/kg Bwt. (Group-IV) with normal standard drug . metformin @ 100 mg/kg Bwt. (Group-III). All the treatments were given through oral route. | Studies of anti-diabetic effect of Morinda citrifolia fruit juice on alloxan induced diabetic rat
