The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

An herbal anti-diabetic tea "Diabeno" a new formula made from natural elements was launched in the city yesterday.

A team of five scientists under the supervision of Bangladesh Council of Science and Industrial Research (BCSIR) have invented the medicine after a prolong research. 'Diabeno' is made from the leaves of Jarul tree (Lagerstroemia Speciosa).

Prof Dr Chowdhury Mahmood Hasan, Chairman of BCSIR said, "It is our pleasure to present the Herbal Medicine to the mass. I think this medicine will really be beneficial to the diabetic patients."

He requested the government to pay more attention to the development of science and research sector, so as to stop brain drain from the country.

AK Azad Khan, President of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh said medicine made from plants was safer than synthetic medicines and it is a praiseworthy success of the BCSIR. He also mentioned that 65 per cent of the total medicines of the world are made from plants.

The major functions of 'Diabeno' are to control diabetics, to help in transmission of insulin from the pancreas, to reduce fatness and to prolong the youth of people. Specialists hoped that it might reduce the sufferings of the insulin users.

Fame Pharmaceuticals has bought the right of the formula of 'Diabeno' for manufacturing and marketing the medicine across the country.