Table 3.

Effect of geraniol on the activities of carbohydrate metabolic enzymes in the tissues of normal control and experimental rats.

Parameters/groups	Normal control	Normal + geraniol (200 mg/kg b.w.)	Diabetic control	Diabetic + geraniol (200 mg/kg b.w.)	Diabetic + Glycazide (5 mg/kg b.w.)
Glycolytic enzyme
Hexokinase
Liver (units/g protein)	155.61 ± 11.92a	154.23 ± 11.75a	112.16 ± 8.59b	138.60 ± 10.56c	140.31 ± 10.75c
Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Liver (×10−4 ml U/mg protein)	5.71 ± 0.43a	5.30 ± 0.41a	3.15 ± 0.24b	4.75 ± 0.36c	4.62 ± 0.35c
Kidney (μg/mg protein)	4.55 ± 0.35a	4.60 ± 0.35a	2.95 ± 0.22b	3.82 ± 0.29c	3.90 ± 0.30c
Gluconeogenic enzyme
Glucose 6-phosphatase
Liver (μg/mg protein)	0.20 ± 0.02a	0.16 ± 0.01a	0.45 ± 0.03b	0.29 ± 0.02c	0.26 ± 0.02c
Kidney (μg/mg protein)	0.19 ± 0.01a	0.17 ± 0.01a	0.49 ± 0.04b	0.25 ± 0.02c	0.27 ± 0.02c
Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase
Liver (μg/mg protein)	0.31 ± 0.02a	0.35 ± 0.03a	0.67 ± 0.05b	0.43 ± 0.03c	0.47 ± 0.04c
Kidney (μg/mg protein)	0.28 ± 0.02a	0.31 ± 0.02a	0.55 ± 0.04b	0.47 ± 0.04c	0.43 ± 0.03c

Values are given as mean ± S.D from six rats in each group.

Values not sharing a common superscript letter^(a–c) differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT).