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

Table 3

Effect of the leaf latex of A. pulcherrima on the glucose tolerance test in mice.

Groups	Blood glucose level (mg/dl)
	0 h	0.5 h	1 h	2 h
10 ml/kg vehicle	89.13 ± 0.31	156.95 ± 0.67	142.85 ± 0.55	125.51 ± 0.81
5 mg/kg glibenclamide	88.37 ± 1.19	157.23 ± 0.71	114.68 ± 1.33^a3	91.47 ± 0.27^a3
200 mg/kg·LL	89.33 ± 0.45	158.24 ± 1.31	129.57 ± 0.61	107.50 ± 1.09^a2
400 mg/kg·LL	87.67 ± 0.26	159.12 ± 0.29	120.28 ± 0.72^a3	98.61 ± 0.37^a3
600 mg/kg·LL	90.21 ± 1.22	157.87 ± 0.51	118.25 ± 0.27^a3	94.72 ± 0.51^a3

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