Research Article

Extract of Sesbania grandiflora Ameliorates Hyperglycemia in High Fat Diet-Streptozotocin Induced Experimental Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Effect of MESG on serum parameters during end of the drug treatment period.

Serum parametersGroup I
Normal control
Group II
Diabetic control
Group III
Metformin treated
Group IV
200 mg/kg
MESG treated
Group V
400 mg/kg
MESG treated

Total cholesterol59.33 ± 4.03166.50 ± 5.0182.67 ± 4.57122.17 ± 5.53102.17 ± 4.83
Triglycerides53.83 ± 3.93147.67 ± 5.1671.50 ± 3.55114.83 ± 3.1088.83 ± 3.74
HDL29.17 ± 1.6616.50 ± 1.6327.67 ± 2.1122.17 ± 1.8524.33 ± 2.20
LDL19.40 ± 4.07120.47 ± 7.0240.70 ± 4.9177.03 ± 6.2960.07 ± 4.33
VLDL10.77 ± 0.7929.53 ± 1.0314.30 ± 0.7122.97 ± 0.6217.77 ± 0.75
SGOT (U/L) 41.17 ± 1.3072.33 ± 2.5152.17 ± 1.8762.33 ± 2.1757.83 ± 2.61
SGPT (U/L)38.83 ± 2.6589.17 ± 2.6947.33 ± 2.9468.17 ± 3.7154.83 ± 3.21
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.54 ± 0.061.50 ± 0.070.68 ± 0.051.13 ± 0.080.87 ± 0.07
Serum urea (mg/dL)33.17 ± 2.0970.33 ± 3.3938.83 ± 3.1057.17 ± 3.5649.83 ± 3.74
Serum protein (gm/dL) 6.72 ± 0.323.47 ± 0.306.35 ± 0.375.05 ± 0.375.90 ± 0.33
Serum SOD (U/mL)31.73 ± 1.1819.92 ± 1.2628.83 ± 1.1025.78 ± 1.2427.17 ± 1.31
Serum MDA (nmole/mL)6.23 ± 0.6214.28 ± 1.047.67 ± 0.8510.78 ± 0.708.85 ± 0.76

The results were expressed as mean ± SEM, .
; diabetic control versus normal control.
, , and , metformin treated and MESG treated groups versus diabetic control group.
“#” indicates that there is no significant difference between metformin treated and MESG treated groups at .