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@article{204029,
        author = {Mr. Sagar Baliram Panchal and Dr. Kavaljit Satish Birajdar and Prof. Dasrao Ashok Patil},
        title = {Herbal Antidiabetic Chocolate: A Review of Plant Extracts, Formulation Strategies and Therapeutic Potential},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {1},
        pages = {1333-1339},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=204029},
        abstract = {The global escalation of diabetes mellitus has necessitated creative, patient-centered therapeutic strategies beyond conventional pharmacotherapy. Among emerging nutraceutical platforms, herbal medicated chocolate has attracted considerable attention as a confectionery-based dosage form combining palatability with multitargeted pharmacological activity. This review systematically examines the scientific evidence underpinning chocolate as a nutraceutical carrier, evaluates the antidiabetic pharmacology of four widely studied medicinal plants — Psidium guajava, Gymnema sylvestre, Trigonella foenum-graecum, and Cinnamomum verum — and critically analyses the formulation strategies, physicochemical characterisation tools, and in-vitro biological evaluation models reported in published herbal chocolate studies. Special attention is given to the rationale for stevia-based sugar-free design, polyherbal synergism, and enzyme inhibition as a mechanistic validation endpoint. The existing literature consistently reports that such formulations achieve acceptable organoleptic and physicochemical attributes alongside significant alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Challenges including thermal instability, limited bioavailability data, and absence of clinical evidence are highlighted, and future research directions are proposed.},
        keywords = {Antidiabetic nutraceutical, confectionery drug delivery, enzyme inhibition, functional chocolate, Gymnema sylvestre, herbal formulation, Psidium guajava, polyherbal synergy, stevia, sugar-free chocolate.},
        month = {June},
        }