Ficus deltoidea: A Potential Alternative Medicine for Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Effect of F. deltoidea extracts on glucose uptake in 3T3F442A adipocytes.

	Fold of glucose uptake against control
Extract concentration (μg/mL)	Control	100 nM insulin	Hot aqueous		Ethanolic		Methanolic		Rosiglitazone malate
			Basal	Insulin-mediated	Basal	Insulin-mediated	Basal	Insulin-mediated	Basal	Insulin-mediated
10			0.88	1.00	1.11	1.24	1.02	1.16	35 Μm; 1.99***	70 μM; 2.27***
50			0.86	0.92	1.14	1.22	1.15	1.18
100	1.00	1.55***	1.13	1.45	1.18	1.35*	1.32	1.25*
500			1.49	1.29	1.61***	1.69***	1.71 ***	1.54***
1000			1.28	1.32	2.04***; ••	1.99***; •	1.97***; •	1.68***

Values expressed as means ± standard deviations from three independent experiments.
^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001 compared with control incubation.
^•𝑃<0.05, ^••𝑃<0.01 compared to 100 nM insulin.