TABLE 4.

EFFECT OF E. HIRTA EXTRACTS ON THE BODY WEIGHT IN NORMAL AND DIABETIC MICE

Groups	Change in body weight
	Initial day	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21
Normal control	27.3±1.9	27.96±1.5	31.11±3.8	28.59±1.1
Diabetic control	30.3±1.2	26.53±3.2	28.95±3.2	27.2±2.4
Petroleum ether extract (250 mg/kg)	25.6±1.8	24±1.7	21.7±2.0	25.6±3.2*
Petroleum ether extract (500 mg/kg)	26.7±2.0	25.2±1.9	23.4±1.8	26.7±2.0*
Alcoholic extract (250 mg/kg)	27.3±2.0	24.6±1.7	22.5±1.7	27.3±2.4
Alcoholic extract (500 mg/kg)	28.8±1.7	26.7±1.5	24.5±1.5	28.8±2.1*
Glibenclamide (10 mg/kg)	26.2±1.8	27.7±2.0*	29.89±2.2	30.46±1.9*

Each value is the mean±SEM of 6 mice in each group

^*p<0.01