A Scientific Validation of Antihyperglycemic and Antihyperlipidemic Attributes of Trichosanthes dioica

Table 5

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

Experimental animals	Treatment (aqueous extract)	Pre-treatment levels	Post-treatment levels
			7 days	14 days	21 days	28 days
Total protein (mg dL^−1)
Normal (control I)	D W	8.9±1.8	8.7±1.2	8.5±1.4	8.8±2.1	8.9±2.2
SD (control II)	D W	5.6±2.6	5.1±2.5	5.3±1.7	5.7±2.3	5.6±1.5
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	5.4±2.2	5.6±2.4^∗	6.4±2.2^∗	7.1±1.9^∗	7.4±2.1^∗
Total hemoglobin (g dL^−1)
Normal (control I)	D W	13.8±2.5	13.8±2.5	14.2±2.5	14.0±2.5	14.3±2.5
SD (control II)	D W	10.3±3.1	10.4±2.5^∗	10.2±3.7	10.7±2.5	10.1±2.5
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	11.3±2.7	12.0±2.6^∗	14.1±2.2^∗∗	13.2±2.5^∗	13.1±2.8^∗

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