Research Article

Preliminary In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Antidiabetic Activity of Ducrosia anethifolia Boiss. and Its Linear Furanocoumarins

Table 3

Effect of Ducrosia anethifolia total extract on lipid profile in STZ-induced diabetes in rats.

GroupsParameters
Normal controlD. anethifolia treated normalSTZ treatedSTZ + D. anethifolia treatedSTZ + glibenclamide

TC
TG
HDL
LDL
Total lipids

Data are means ± SD of ten rats in each group. Lipid profile parameters are expressed in ug/dL except HDL which is expressed in mg/dL. Statistical analysis is carried out using CoStat Computer Program coupled with post hoc (least significance difference LSD). Unshared letters indicate significant correlation at .