**6.6 Antidiabetic activity**

Diabetes is one of the most common disorders. About 30 million people suffer from diabetes in the world. It is occurring due the imbalance secretion of glucose and insulin. Insulin is used for maintaining blood glucose level. It is characterized by high blood glucose level, weight loss, extreme thirst and weakness. Alloxan administered to the animals for inducing diabetes. Alloxan administered to the animals for 30 days continuously. Animals were treated with ethanolic extract of *A. aspera* the blood glucose level was found to be increased by 123% and 128% on the 15th and 16th day of exposure respectively. After completion of exposure period the blood cholesterol level decrease was found to be 5.5% [52].
