Table 1.

Effect of various extracts of M. champaca in glucose loaded hyperglycemic rats

Treatments	Dose mg/kg	Blood glucose concentration (mg/dl)
		0 h	0.5 h	1 h	2 h	3 h
Gluc. control	--	89.80 ± 3.02	144.40 ± 4.85	150.60 ± 4.01	124.40 ± 3.32	105.20 ± 4.77
Glibenclamide	5	90.20 ± 3.59	105.20 ± 3.49**	92.20 ± 4.60**	78.40 ± 4.20**	66.20 ± 3.68**
MC-P	400	90.80 ± 4.18	128.80 ± 5.74	125.40 ± 4.38*	108.20 ± 6.32	98.40 ± 3.22
MC-C	400	88.80 ± 4.28	144.40 ± 5.80	131.80 ± 4.22	122.20 ± 6.77	95.20 ± 4.84
MC-A	400	84.40 ± 4.41	141.20 ± 5.88	138.20 ± 5.20	120.80 ± 5.86	96.80 ± 4.83
MC-E	400	88.20 ± 3.18	111.80 ± 5.20*	109.20 ± 3.20**	85.40 ± 3.12**	85.60 ± 3.88*
MC-Aq	400	90.80 ± 4.88	166.20 ± 6.20	144.20 ± 5.20	124.60 ± 4.28	100.20 ± 3.84
MC -CAq	400	88.60 ± 4.24	134.20 ± 4.86	121.40 ± 5.22*	110.40 ± 4.88	90.20 ± 5.20

Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M. of five observations.

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01 vs control. MC - Michelia champaca, P - Petroleum ether (60-80o), C - Chloroform, A - Acetone, E - Ethanol, Aq - Aqueous, CAq - Crude aqueous