. 2017 Oct 11;4(4):73. doi: 10.3390/medicines4040073

Table 4.

Percentage decrease in fasting blood glucose of diabetic rats, after treatment with Ocimum gratissimum leaf fractions (250 mg/kg bw).

Groups	FBS (mg/dL) Day 0	Percentage Decrease after Treatment (%)
Groups	FBS (mg/dL) Day 0	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28
NC	83.7 ± 5.9 ^a	2.4 ± 6.1 ^b,1	1.6 ± 7.0 ^b,1	−0.9 ± 5.6 ^b,1	0.6 ± 5.6 ^b,1
DC	303.3 ± 15.7 ^b	−22.3 ± 7.0 ^a,3	−40.6 ± 8.0 ^a,1,2	−44.6 ± 13.0 ^a,1,2	−50.5 ± 11.5 ^a,1
OGh	347.9 ± 7.9 ^c,d	10.8 ± 4.4 ^b,c,1	17.8 ± 3.9 ^{c, 1,2}	20.3 ± 3.8 ^c,2	30.6 ± 5.0 ^c,3
OGc	365.4 ± 14.6 ^d	21.8 ± 3.0 ^d,1	30.6 ± 7.5 ^d,e,1,2	40.6 ± 6.4 ^d,2	54.7 ± 6.6 ^e,3
OGe	313.2 ± 21.1 ^b	12.8 ± 9.4 ^c,1	20.4 ± 9.9 ^c,d,1,2	25.6 ± 8.9 ^c,1,2	32.6 ±5.10 ^c,2
OGb	389.2 ± 10.2 ^e	13.6 ± 5.3 ^c,d,1	37.9 ± 7.9 ^e,2	49.7 ± 7.3 ^d,2	63.5 ± 4.8 ^f,3
OGa	339.0 ± 8.0 ^c	17.9 ± 4.0 ^c,d,1	19.9 ± 4.0 ^c,1	29.0 ± 3.6 ^c,2	44.4 ± 10.9 ^d,3
PC	421.2 ± 38.2 ^f	10.1 ± 11.5 ^b,c,1	26.7 ± 14.1 ^d,1,2	49.1 ± 7. 8 ^e,2	71.7 ± 2.2 ^f,3

Data are presented as mean ± SD of 6 animals per group. Values with different superscript down the column and different alphabet across the column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05). NC: Normal control; DC: Diabetic control; PC: Positive control (Metformin 500 mg/kg bw); OGh: Ocimum gratissimum n-hexane fraction; OGc: Ocimum gratissimum chloroform fraction; OGe: Ocimum gratissimum ethyl-acetate fraction; OGb: Ocimum gratissimum n-butanol fraction; OGa: Ocimum gratissimum aqueous fraction. Negative sign (−) before a figure signifies increase in fasting blood glucose.