Research Article

Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Effect of Aqueous Fruit Extract of Passiflora ligularis Juss. on Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 7

Changes on lipid peroxidation in liver, kidney, and pancreas of control and experimental rats.

ParticularsLipid peroxidation*
LiverKidneyPancreas

Control 
(Group I)
14.9 ± 0.26a9.8 ± 0.2a9.07 ± 0.14a
Diabetic control 
(Group II)
31.1 ± 0.32b16.2 ± 0.18b12.6 ± 0.34b
Diabetic + glibenclamide 
(Group III)
18.8 ± 0.23c12.4 ± 0.53c10.19 ± 0.11c
Diabetic + Passiflora ligularis
(Group IV)
16.9 ± 0.18d13.5 ± 0.35d9.69 ± 0.13d
Passiflora ligularis alone treated 
(Group V)
15.4 ± 0.16a9.5 ± 0.21a9.10 ± 0.49a

Values are expressed as mean ± SD for six animals in each group.
Values not sharing common superscript letters (a–d) differ significantly at (DMRT).
moles of MDA formed/min/mg of protein.