Research Article
Comparative Evaluation of the Antidiabetic Effects of Different Parts of Cassia fistula Linn, a Southeast Asian Plant
Table 7
Effect of methanolic bark, leaf and, flower extract of Cassia fistula on glucose uptake by isolated rat hemidiaphragm in vitro assay on normal rats.
| Group | Incubation medium | Glucose up take (mg/g per 30 min) |
| 1 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) control group | | 2 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + insulin (0.25 IU/mL) | 8.73 ± 0.4b | 3 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + bark methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | 6.15 ± 0.21a | 4 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + insulin (0.25 IU/mL) + bark methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | 13.66 ± 0.21b | 5 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + leaf methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | | 6 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + insulin (0.25 IU/mL) + leaf methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | 11.69 ± 0.42b | 7 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + flower methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | | 8 | Tyrode solution with glucose (2000 mg/L) + insulin (0.25 IU/mL) + flower methanolic extract of C. fistula (25 mg/mL) | 9.20 ± 0.13b |
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Values are mean ± SEM (). values: 0.01, 0.001, as compared with control group (by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test).
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