Chronic Administration of a Combination of Six Herbs Inhibits the Progression of Hyperglycemia and Decreases Serum Lipids and Aspartate Amino Transferase Activity in Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Effect of long-term administration of MSEC on blood glucose level in diabetic rats.

Animal groups	Blood glucose (mg/dL)
	Day 0 (FBS)	Day 2 (FBS)	Day 30 (FBS)	Day 30 (2 h GTT)
Normal control	85 ± 5	82 ± 6	86 ± 8	115 ± 6^#
Diabetic control	91 ± 5	280 ± 12*	384 ± 25^*†	451 ± 26*
Diabetic + MSEC	96 ± 4	272 ± 7*	269 ± 48*	347 ± 29*

The data are expressed as mean ± SEM (𝑛=7). *𝑃<0.001 compared with the corresponding values at day 0 in each group. ^#𝑃<0.05 compared with FBS value at day 30 for normal control group. ^†𝑃<0.05 compared with the corresponding values at day 2 for Diabetic control group. FBS: fasting blood sugar; MSEC: combination of both macerated and Soxhlet extracts (see Table 1); GTT: glucose tolerance test.