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Health and disease are coeval with life. From time immemorial man has been interested in trying to control diseases. The medicine man and herbolist undertook in various ways to cure man's disease and bring relief to the sick. One of the chronic, world wide heterogeneous, life threatening disease in diabetes. The prevalence of it will be 5.4% by the year 2025, with the global diabetic popualtion reaching to 300 million. Among all the WHO regions, South East Asian region are highest affected with maximum global burden of the disease and by year 2025 there will be nearly 80 million diabetic in the region. About Author : Dr. Irfan Ali Khan obtained his M.Sc. from Aligarh Muslim University and Ph.D. in Botany from Osmania University, Hyderabad, specializing in 'Genetics and Plant Breeding'. Dr. Khan is the Director of Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research (Affiliated tot he Osmania University), Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepally, Hyderabad. He teaches Post Graduate students and guides research scholars at this centre. Dr. Atiya Khanum obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany from Osmania Universtiy, Hyderabad. Dr. Khanum has worked on the 'Ecology of Two lakes of Hyderabad with special reference to Planktonic and Mat forming Algal Communities'. She is Associate Professor and Head of the P.G. Department of Botany, Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research (Affiliated to the Osmania University), Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepaly, Hyderabad. Contents : Preface Acknowledgements Contents Antidiabetic Plants of India: Part-I Antidiabetic Plants of India: Part-II Antidiabetic Plants of India: Part-III Antidiabetic Plants of India: Part-IV Appendix: list of Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Diabetes