Table 3.

Effects of the aqueous extract from Cissus sicyoides (AECS) on biochemical parameters in the blood from alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Parameter	Group
	Control	AECS 100 mg/kg	AECS 200 mg/kg
Glucose (mg/dL)
Before	264.8 ± 12.66	252.2 ± 8.44	250.8 ± 10.74
After	248.1 ± 11.65	218.1 ± 16. 21	188.0 ± 16.22*
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
Before	58.4 ± 3.92	56.6 ± 3.19	63.0 ± 2.55
After	55.4 ± 2.91	50.1 ± 5.89	54.6 ± 2.29
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
Before	169.8 ± 8.61	256.4 ± 24.60	165.4 ± 12.87
After	124.1 ± 8.02 *	132.5 ± 9.02 *	86.4 ± 7.56 *
ALT (IU/l)
Before	20.0 ± 1.33	28.6 ± 2.15	20.8 ± 1.62
After	34.7 ± 2.89 *	41.2 ± 2.71 *	29.8 ± 2.22
AST (IU/l)
Before	60.5 ± 3.90	62.2 ± 5.52	75.9 ± 4.74
After	85.5 ± 4.35 *	89.3 ± 7.03 *	88.3 ± 3.73

Values are means ± SEM of 8 to 18 animals per group. The blood was collected from the orbital sinus, 48 h after the alloxan administration, 60 mg/kg, i.v., before and 1 h after the last administration of distilled water (controls) or AECS, daily for 4 days. *p < 0.05 as compared to the same group, 48 h after the alloxan injection (ANOVA and Tukey as the post hoc test).