Asmah Rahmat

Health Potential and Safety of Strobilanthes Crispus Juice: Nutritional Composition, Antidiabetic, Hypolipidemia, Wound Healing, Safety Asmah Rahmat

Herbal medicine as the major remedy in traditional medical systems, have been used in medical practice for thousand of years and have made a great contribution to maintaining human health. Herbal medicine is a booming industry in many countries including Malaysia. The herbal market is viewed as an emerging sector with big commercial opportunities by manufacturers. Strobilanthes crispus is used widely in the herbal and traditional medicinal preparations in this part of the world, especially among the Indonesians and the Malays. Strobilanthes crispus has great medicinal properties to treat diabetes mellitus and wound healing. This book, therefore, showing that Strobilanthes crispus juice has high nutritional value and safety which potential as antidiabetic drink and additional nutraceutical supplement in wound healing for diabetic patients in the future.