Research Article
Antidiabetic Effect of Young and Old Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina: A Comparative Study
Table 3
Effect of old and young ethanolic leaf extract of V. amygdalina on body weight of experimental rats.
| Experimental groups | Initial body weight (g) | Final body weight (g) |
| Normal | 130.91 ± 16.0 | 139.99 ± 14.30 | Negative control | 143.58 ± 11.50 | 117.03 ± 18.03 | Positive control | 141.20 ± 19.30 | 169.94 ± 20.12 | 10 mg/kg YL | 135.21 ± 21.03 | 139.13 ± 43.20 | 30 mg/kg YL | 123.16 ± 12.06 | 154.34 ± 26.71 | 300 mg/kg YL | 114.22 ± 22.97 | 119.22 ± 20.16 | 10 mg/kg OL | 116.90 ± 16.12 | 128.95 ± 22.40 | 30 mg/kg OL | 125.07 ± 14.04 | 137.23 ± 17.34 | 300 mg/kg OL | 132.66 ± 62.50 | 146.21 ± 9.32 |
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Values are expressed as mean ± SEM ().
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