**3.4 Antidiabetic activity**

ar-turmerone, ar-turmerone, curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin present in hexane and ehanol extract had reported to stimulate adipocyte differentiation in a dose dependent manner. The results also concluded that turmeric ethanolic extract found to contain curcuminoids and sesquiterpenoids is more strongly hypoglycemic as compared to either sesquiterpenoids or curcuminoids [53].
