Table 1.

Effect of alcoholic extract of leaves and roots of Barleria prionitis Linn. on serum insulin, liver glycogen, and glycosylated hemoglobin

Parameters	Normal control	Diabetic control	Root treated	% Change	Leaf treated	% Change
Serum insulin	43.40 ± 2.71	20.00 ± 1.53	26.00 ± 2.61*	↑30.00@	46.30 ± 4.54**	↑130.00@
Liver glycogen	4.20 ± 0.27	1.81 ± 0.17	2.65 ± 0.62	↑46.40@	3.56 ± 0.64*	↑96.68@
Glycosylated hemoglobin	6.00 ± 0.81	09.00 ± 0.64**	08.00 ± 0.89	↓11.00@	7.00 ± 0.71**	↓22.00@

Each value represents the mean ± SEM of six observations, Student's paired 't'-test :

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01

^↓-Decrease

^↑- Increase

^@- comparison to the diabetic control group