• Isolation and identification of plants used for diabetes treatment in the Sikkim

• Identification of ITK based formulations used by local tribes against diabetes

• To study protective effect of plant extracts in kidney damage due to diabetes

• To study protein expression two podocyte-specific proteins podocin and nephrin in the presence of plant extracts

• Potential kidney- protecting activity of two plants will be evaluated and confirmed

• It will help in developing new and efficient drugs in the management of diabetic nephropathy

• The drugs based on plant- based formulations will have less side effects and will be cheaper

• Once anti-diabetic property is established, the study will be extended towards identification of active compounds responsible for attenuation of diabetes

• One student should register for Ph. D. degree from the work