Study of ethno hypoglycemic food plants used by tribal’s of Southern Rajasthan (India)

Abstract

Functional food regulates different maladies either by regulating their pathway or controlling the source / origin. They also balance between healthy nutritional stuffs and toxicants of body. Among life style mediated disease, diabetes mellitus ruins life because of sedentary routines. Certain foodstuffs regulate glycemic loads but either out bursting low sugar loads or by de-routing glucose indices. Survey to ethnic pouches of South East Rajasthan reveals usage of 32 food plants for DM II management. Among documented 32 food plants 15.6% plants are cooked and consumed as rice while 18.75% are used as for the preparation of bread. The study also reveals that in study area only few fruits are consumed as means of foods. Some examples include Psidium guajava, Feronia limonia, Syzygium heyneanum, Syzygium cumini, Pithecellobium dulce and Aegle marmelos. In study area neither decoction or infusion or ash has been documented.