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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 4 Effect of Mucuna pruriens milk oral administration on blood glucose of rats fed with high fat diet

From: Effects of Mucuna milk (Mucuna pruriens L.) on body weight and serum biochemistry in rats fed hyperlipidaemic diet

Groups

Glucose (mg/dl)

Start of experiment

End of experiment

Normal control

82.5 ± 1.16a

81.51 ± 1.35a

Hyperlipidemic group

83.01 ± 1.36a

278.11 ± 14.49b

Atorvastatin standard control

83.75 ± 2.21a

101.25 ± 6.99b

DCM

81.02 ± 2.59a

93.75 ± 3.59b

WCM

82.25 ± 1.90a

84.15 ± 3.86a

DVM

83.20 ± 1.96a

95.51 ± 2.38b

WVM

81.75 ± 2.56a

84.25 ± 3.30a

  1. Means ± SD (n = 6) followed by different letters in the same line are significantly different (p < 0.05) as determined by Duncan’s multiple range test. DCM: dehulled Cochinchinensis milk group; WCM: whole Cochinchinensis milk group; DVM: Dehulled Veracruz milk group; WVM: whole Veracruz milk group