Research Article

In Vivo and In Vitro Antidiabetic Activity of Terminalia paniculata Bark: An Evaluation of Possible Phytoconstituents and Mechanisms for Blood Glucose Control in Diabetes

Table 5

Glucose uptake in L6 rat muscle cells after 48 h incubation in media with glucose (2 g/L).

TreatmentConcentrationGlucose consumption (mg/100 mL)
Absence of insulinPresence of insulin (1  mol/L)

Vehicle control0.1% DMSO2.95 ± 0.077.17 ± 0.03

Metformin0.01 mM7.80 ± 0.06a8.96 ± 0.03a
0.1 mM4.84 ± 0.09a7.68 ± 0.13a

AETPB0.5  g/mL4.77 ± 0.07a7.69 ± 0.06a
5  g/mL4.05 ± 0.08a7.79 ± 0.05a
10  g/mL3.98 ± 0.07a7.96 ± 0.04a

Gallic acid0.05  M4.04 ± 0.05a7.96 ± 0.09a
0.5  M3.96 ± 0.07a7.87 ± 0.10a
5  M3.58 ± 0.14a7.83 ± 0.09a

The data represented as mean ± SD ( ).
P < 0.001 metformin, AETPB, and gallic acid compared with vehicle control.