A Scientific Validation of Antihyperglycemic and Antihyperlipidemic Attributes of Trichosanthes dioica

Table 6

Effect of most effective dose of Trichosanthes dioica fruit aqueous extract on US and bw 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
Urine Sugar
Normal (control I)	D W	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
SD (control II)	D W	+++	+++	++++	++++	++++
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	++++	++++	+++	++	+
Body weight (g)
Normal (control I)	D W	200	200	210	210	210
SD (control II)	D W	190	190	180	180	180
SD (treated III)	1000 mg kg^−1	200	200**	210*	210*	210**

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