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India has the largest diabetic population, over 220 million people worldwide have diabetes. India
leads the world with largest number of diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction of being
termed the "diabetes capital of the world". It was estimated that there are approximately 33 million
adults with diabetes in India. This number is likely to increase to 57.2 Million by the year
2025.Diabetes mellitus today is recognized as an epidemic disease in most countries that are
undergoing socioeconomic transitions Diabetes being a chronic disorder requires combination of
therapies, so a therapy which could be used adjunct with medicines which has an antioxidant and
antidiabetic activity as well as is cost effective would be more beneficial. Medicinal plants were used
for the very reason that they were available easily and cost effective. This review presently focusses
on the effect of supplementation of the powdered curry leaves on the type 2 diabetics and to find out
its hypoglycaemic potential. In this study a small pilot study was conducted to find out the efficacy of
Curry leaves and tulsi leaves. The pilot study was done on 15 subjects categorized into experimental
group and were administrated 2g of the powdered tulsi leaves/Curry leaves/Tulsi+Curry leaves and
another 15 subjects in control group. Best out of the 3 supplements was used in the main study. The
main study was conducted on 60 subjects, divided again into control group and experimental
groups. The results were compared pre and post supplementation to meet the objectives of the study.
Keywords: Diabetes, Curry leaves, Type 2 Diabetes, Tulsi leaves.