Antidiabetic Effect of Sida cordata in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 3

Hypoglycemic activity of SCEE in normal fasting animals.

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Blood glucose concentration (mg/dL)
		0 min	60 min	120 min	180 min
SCEE	150	84.0 ± 1.5	67.5 ± 1.5*	61 ± 1.5*	59 ± 1.5*
	300	82.2 ± 2.5	61.6 ± 1.5*	51 ± 1.5*	55 ± 1.7*
Nondiabetic	—	81.6 ± 2.1	79.4 ± 1.3	77 ± 1.2	75 ± 1.0
Glibenclamide	5	84.5 ± 1.5	52.5 ± 2.5*	47 ± 2.5*	49 ± 1.7*

Values expressed as means ± SD. *Significance difference (𝑃 < 0.05) is expressed against nondiabetic. SCEE: S. cordata ethyl acetate fraction.