Evaluation of Antidiabetic Activity of the Leaf Latex of Aloe pulcherrima Gilbert and Sebsebe (Aloaceae)

Table 2

The effect of the leaf latex of Aloe pulcherrima on glucose level in normoglycemic mice.

Groups	Blood glucose level (mg/dl)
	0	1 h	2 h	4 h	6 h
10 ml/kg vehicle	90.26 ± 0.31	86.29 ± 0.75	78.72 ± 1.18	74.82 ± 1.71	74.46 ± 1.03
5 mg/kg·GB	90.25 ± 0.25	79.62 ± 0.11	64.89 ± 0.16 ^a2	61.09 ± 0.29^a2	55.75 ± 2.09 ^a3
200 mg/kg·LL	89.33 ± 0.95	82.61 ± 1.42	76.78 ± 1.34	68.03 ± 1.33 ^a1	72.49 ± 1.49
400 mg/kg·LL	89.43 ± 0.15	81.49 ± 0.96	76.19 ± 1.41	67.57 ± 2.17 ^a1	62.65 ± 1.03 ^a2
600 mg/kg·LL	91.11 ± 0.34	80.61 ± 0.46	74.22 ± 1.09	67.12 ± 0.85 ^a1	61.11 ± 0.69 ^a2

The result is expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean, n = 6; ^acompared to vehicle; ¹; ²; ³; GB, glibenclamide; LL, leaf latex.