Physiochemical, Insecticidal, and Antidiabetic Activities of Senna occidentalis Linn Root

Table 6

Effects of Senna occidentalis (L.) Roots of 80% ethanolic extracts on glucose-loaded rats.

Treatments	Bloods glucose levels mg/dl mean ± S. D.
	Time
Groups and dose	0 h	1 hours	2 hours	4 hours
Group I “normal vehicle 2% water”	68.33^b ± 8.50	63.67^c ± 2.52	69.33^c ± 11.68	57.67^c ± 3.21
Group II glucose loading 2 g/kg body wt “positive control”	89.00^a ± 11.27	114.00^a ± 13.11	138.33^a ± 13.32	132.67^a ± 30.75
Group III glucose loading 2 g/kg + standard glibenclamide 10 mg/kg.	93.67^a ± 11.6 (5.25%)	75.67^b,c ± 14.15 (−33.62%)	62.00^b,c ± 7.81 (−55.18%)	57.33^b,c ± 3.79 (−56.79%)
Group VI glucose loading 2 g/kg + EtOH of S. o roots 200 mg/kg.	101.6^a ± 18.4 (14.15%)	47.6^b,c ± 15.6 (−58.25%)	80.33^c ± 4.5 (−41.93%)	68.2^b,c ± 6.9 (−48.59%)

n = 6, a = <0.05 indicates a significant difference compared with diabetic control; b = () indicates a significant difference compared with diabetic control; c = () indicates a significant difference compared with standard drug (glibenclamide), % = level₂-level₁/level₁X100 compared with diabetic control. S. o = Senna occidentalis.