Chronic Antihyperglycemic Effect Exerted by Traditional Extracts of Three Mexican Medicinal Plants

Table 1

General effect of plant extracts on biochemical parameters.

	Nonfasting blood glucose (mg/dl)			Glycated hemoglobin (%)			Blood triglycerides (mg/dl)
	Initial	Final	Delta	Initial	Final	Delta	Initial	Final	Delta
Normoglycemic control	131 ± 7	112 ± 14	−19	3.47 ± 0.08	3.65 ± 0.03	0.18	101 ± 8	105 ± 5	4
Negative hyperglycemic control	375 ± 23^a	500 ± 25^a	125	4.72 ± 0.18^a	9.95 ± 0.75^a	5.23	146 ± 24	244 ± 46^a	98
Positive hyperglycemic control (metformin-glibenclamide)	392 ± 21^a	284 ± 42^b	−108	4.18 ± 0.27	7.32 ± 0.31^b	3.13	95 ± 7	116 ± 18^b	21
Experimental hyperglycemic group 1 (A. petiolaris extract)	425 ± 10^a	286 ± 25^b	−139	3.83 ± 0.11	7.57 ± 0.34^b	3.73	88 ± 15	113 ± 17^b	25
Experimental hyperglycemic group 2 (C. urticifolia extract)	366 ± 16^a	414 ± 48	48	4.95 ± 0.25^a	7.37 ± 0.44^b	2.42	125 ± 14	203 ± 24	78
Experimental hyperglycemic group 3 (E. cymosum extract)	322 ± 13^a	355 ± 71	33	4.38 ± 0.18^a	7.37 ± 0.80^b	2.98	101 ± 16	166 ± 21	65

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