Table 4.

Body weights of alloxan-induced diabetic rats before and after treatment with the aqueous extract from Cissus sicyoides (AECS)

Group	Body weight (g)		% Death
	Before	After
Control	218.3 ± 4.30 (15)	169.3 ± 5.41 (10)*	33
AECS
100 mg/kg, p.o.	288.8 ± 6.63 (15)	264.3 ± 14.45 (8)	47
200 mg/kg, p.o.	243.7 ± 7.63 (15)	208.7 ± 9.61 (7)	53

Values are means ± SEM. Animals were administered daily with distilled water (controls) or AECS, for 7 days (see Methods, for details). *p < 0.05, as compared to the same group, 48 h after the alloxan injection (ANOVA and Tukey as the post hoc test).