Evaluation of Antihyperglycemic Activity of Citrus limetta Fruit Peel in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Hypoglycemic activity of different doses of MECL in normal rats.

Group	Dose	Blood glucose level mg/dL
		0th hour	2 hour 30 min
Saline control	5 mL/kg (p.o.)	79.62±4.4	78.66±1.4
MECL	200 mg/kg (p.o.)	96.1±1.01 *	87.7±2.2 *
MECL	400 mg/kg (p.o.)	97.3±1.2 *	65.7±4.2 *
Glibenclamide	0.5 mg/kg (p.o.)	82.5±1.4 *	77.83±2.5 *

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (𝑛=6); *𝑃<0.001 compared with saline control group.