Anti-diuretic and anti-glycemic properties of Jatropha gossypiifolia L. leave extract on wistar rats

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Effect of J. gossypiifolia in blood sugar level

Groups	Doses (mg/kg)	Baseline (mg/dl) Mean ± SEM	7 days of treatment (mg/dl) Mean ± SEM	14 days of treatment (mg/dl) Mean ± SEM
Control (STZ)	40	281.70 ± 12.73a	303.30 ± 5.90^a	463.00 ± 85.11^a
Gliberclamide	10	263.70 ± 3.18a	99.67 ± 2.19^c	81.67 ± 7.31^c
Normal control	DW	66.67 ± 3.18c	62.33 ± 6.23^c	57.00 ± 7.51^c
J. gossypiifolia	30	226.00 ± 20.21a	145.30 ± 21.11^b	84.00 ± 13.28^c
J. gossypiifolia	50	253.70 ± 18.85a	108.70 ± 4.98^b	60.67 ± 5.18^c
J. gossypiifolia	100	235.00 ± 12.17a	58.00 ± 5.20^c	42.00 ± 12.17^c

p-value > superscript ^a = 0.05, ^b = 0.01, ^c = 0.001 showed the level of significant difference when compared with untreated control (n = 5). DW---- distilled water