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Diabetes mellitus It is the third leading disease cause of death after heartbdisease and cancer. The complications of diabetes affect the eye,kidney, and nervous system. Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, renal failure, heart attack and stroke. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical condition characterized by increased blood glucose due to insufficient or ineffective insulin. For a comprehensive understanding of a diabetes, the relevant hormones namely insulin, and glucagon, homeostasis of blood glucose. Regulation of blood glucose level A healthy individual is capable of maintaining the blood glucose concentration within a narrow range. The fasting blood glucose in a post absorptive state is 70 to 100mg/dl.The term hyperglycemia refers to an increase in the blood glucose above the normal level. Hypoglycemia represents a decreased blood glucose concentration.Excretion of glucose in urine is known as glycosuria. The concentration of blood glucose is dependent on the quantity of glucose enters the circulation from various sources dietary carbohydrates, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis.