A Scientific Validation of Antihyperglycemic and Antihyperlipidemic Attributes of Trichosanthes dioica

Table 3

Effect of most effective dose of Trichosanthes dioica fruit aqueous extract on BGL of severely diabetic rats (mean ± S.D.).

Experimental animals	Treatment (aqueous extract)	Pretreatment levels	Posttreatment levels
			7 days	14 days	21 days	28 days
FBG (mg dL^−1)
Normal (control I)	D W	82.2±3.5	85.6±2.8	84.6±4.6	83.9±4.8	85.2±3.9
SD (control II)	D W	287.7±5.7	290.9±3.4	302.4±4.6	299.9±4.9	298.7±4.9
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	298.2±7.5	274.3±4.6^∗	256.5±4.5^∗∗	224.41±4.9	212.3±5.2
PPG (mg dL^−1)
Normal (control I)	D W	160.8±5.2	162.8±4.7	163.2±4.9	162.1±5.1	161.8±4.1
SD (control II)	D W	447.7±4.8	456.1±5.1	458.9±3.6	452.4±4.5	462.8±3.8
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	438.2±3.5	386.3±5.2^∗∗	354.6±4.1^∗	322.2±4.3^∗	303.3±4.5^∗∗

^∗∗𝑃 < 0.01, ^∗𝑃< 0.05 compared to pretreatment levels.