Table 2. Effect of M. malabathricum leaf extracts on the serum insulin, glucose, urea, creatinine and HbA1c level of normal, diabetic induced and drug treated rats.

Treatment groups	Insulin (mIU/mL)	Glucose (mg/dL)	Urea (mg/dL)	Creatinine (mg/dL)	HbA1c (%)
Group I	21.830±1.130	73.81±3.54	12.05±1.04	0.73±0.12	4.61±0.52
Group II	9.190±0.948**	198.39±2.61**	29.63±1.85*	2.45±0.35*	9.89±0.25**
Group III	14.300±1.670a	134.66±1.56a	21.54±1.26	1.86±0.48	7.26±0.76ns
Group IV	18.510±1.250c	114.51±1.84c	14.45±1.38	1.29±0.15	5.16±0.81a
Group V	19.730±1.090c	109.38±1.84c	13.05±1.56a	1.05±0.11a	5.21±0.62a

Values are expressed as mean±SEM, n=5. *: comparison made between normal control to diabetic control and drug treated groups; *: P<0.05, **: P<0.01; ^a: comparison made between diabetic control to drug treated groups; ^a: P<0.05, ^c: P<0.01; ns: not significant.