Research Article

Antidiabetic and Hypolipidemic Activities of Curculigo latifolia Fruit:Root Extract in High Fat Fed Diet and Low Dose STZ Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 5

Lipid profiles of rats group.

GroupTotal cholesterol (mmol/L)TG (mmol/L)LDL (mmol/L)HDL (mmol/L)
BeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfter

1
2 * *
3 *
4 * * * *
5 * * * * *
6 * * * * * * *
7 * * * *

Data are means ± SD for lipid profiles of normal rats (Group 1), obese rats (Group 2), diabetic control rats (Group 3), diabetic rats treated with 50 mg/kg bw of C. latifolia fruit:root extracts (Group 4), diabetic rats treated with 100 mg/kg bw of C. latifolia fruit:root extracts (Group 5), diabetic rats treated with 200 mg/kg bw of C. latifolia fruit:root extracts (Group 6), and diabetic rats treated with 10 mg/kg bw of glibenclamide (Group 7) at weeks 0 (before) and 4 (after).
*Are significantly different at compared with diabetic control, that is, Group 3.