Anti-diabetic effect of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis on low dose streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats fed on a high-fat diet

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Effect of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis extract on blood glucose concentration of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats fed on a high fat diet

Groups	Dose mg/kg	Base line (mg/dL)	Day 7 (mg/dL)	Day 14 (mg/dL)
Streptozotocin	35	281.7 ± 12.73	298.7 ± 1.45^a	463.0 ± 85.11^a
Gliberclamide	10	243.0 ± 17.21	102.0 ± 16.77^c	92.67 ± 8.25^c
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	30	315.7 ± 4.06	186.0 ± 66.34^b	125.0 ± 23.39^b
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	50	217.0 ± 8.08	96.00 ± 5.13^c	71.67 ± 5.18^c
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	100	269.3 ± 19.20	103.7 ± 9.74^c	76.00 ± 4.51^c

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 10/group. Columns bearing different letters are significantly (p < 0.05) different, while those with the same letters are not significantly different