Beneficial Effects of Pentanema vestitum Linn. Whole Plant on the Glucose and Other Biochemical Parameters of Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rabbits

Table 2

Biochemical parameters of alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits after 28 days treatment with drug and P. vestitum extract (𝑁=7).

Parameters	Diabetic control	Std	Pv ext
Glucose (mg/dL)	250.1±7.8	216.5±4.7^∗; (−13.43%)	202.7±7.7^∗; (−18.95%)
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	46.6±6.3	30.5±7.3^∗; (−34.5%)	19.3±7.3^∗; (−58.5%)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	81.7±10.9	60.4±8.2^∗; (−26.07%)	44.0±6.5^∗; (−46.14%)
LDL (mg/dL)	39.2±7.5	29.0±3.8^∗; (−26.02%)	16.5±5.8^∗; (−57.90%)
HDL (mg/dL)	14.1±5.6	22.7±5.4^∗; (+60.99%)	26.8±5.6^∗; (−90.07%)
GPT (U/L)	76.71±4.29	54.42±2.09^∗; (−29.05%)	34.0±2.7^∗; (−55.67%)
ALP (U/L)	51.14±3.26	38.8±3.4^∗; (−24.12%)	19.8±3.2^∗; (−61.28%)
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.23±0.14	1.74±0.09^∗; (−25.32%)	1.03±0.15^∗; (−55.7%)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	2.08±0.9	1.36±0.6^∗; (−34.61%)	1.24±0.5^∗; (−40.38%)

Std: standard glibenclamide group and Pv ext: P. vestitum extract group. Values are means and standard error of means of 7 replicates. *The mean difference is significant at 𝑃<0.05 level. Values in parentheses indicate percent changes from the diabetic control group.