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

Table 2: Effect of long-term administration of MSEC on blood glucose level in diabetic rats.


Animal groups	Blood glucose (mg/dL)
Animal groups	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 (). * compared with the corresponding values at day 0 in each group. ^# compared with FBS value at day 30 for normal control group. ^† 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.