In Jaipur, the diabetes medicine from Kadamb tree (Mitragyna parvifolia) leaves - developed/invented by Suresh Sharma - has been granted patent by the Controller-General of Patents, India.

The composition, containing cadambine and dihydroconchonine, two types of alkaloids found in the tree, has also received an international classification number from the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The inventor of the medicine, Suresh Sharma of Jaipur, says it took him over 20 years and bankruptcy to develop the medicine which has successfully been tried on 1,300 patients suffering from Type II diabetes.

When taken for a period ranging from 4-10 months, one of the quninoline alkaloids in the medicine, cadambine, removed insensitivity of insulin receptors situated in adipose tissues of the muscles while the other, dihydrocinchonine, regulated the production of endogenous insulin, he said.

The said diabetes medicine works without any side effects which can provide total cure in type 2 diabetes in a period of 4-10 months - as claimed by the inventor.

Find more details from The Hindu.

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