Table 7.

Levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants in liver of experimental animals

Groups	Total reduced glutathione	Vitamin C
	(μg/mg protein)	(μg/mg protein)
Control	47.47 ± 0.049a	1.46 ± 0.040a
Diabetic control	28.95 ± 0.040b	0.72 ± 0.044b
Diabetic + Glibenclamide	43.53 ± 0.045c	1.37 ± 0.049cd
Diabetic +  Alpinia calcarata	43.22 ± 0.033d	1.36 ± 0.045d
Alpinia calcarata alone	46.9 ± 0.035a,e	1.42 ± 0.035a,d

Values are expressed as Mean ± S.D. Values are taken as a mean of five individuals experiments.

Values not sharing a common superscript letter differ significantly (DMRT).

^a Control group.

^b Comparison between control and diabetic groups.

^c Comparison between diabetic and standard drug glibenclamide treated groups.

^d Comparison between diabetic and Alpinia calcarata treated groups.

^e Comparison between control and Alpinia calcarata alone treated groups.