Table 2b.

Effect of 0.5% Momordica charantia (MC) fruit juice (0.02 ml) on glucose uptake of diaphragms isolated from diabetic rats in absence and in presence of insulin.

Diaphragms	Glucose uptake (mg/g tissue/30 min)
	In absence of insulin		In absence of insulin
	Mean ± S.E	%Effect	Mean ± S.E	%Effect
Diabetic	2.54 ± 0.47	100.00	4.29 ± 0.51	100.00
MC	3.94*± 0.26	155.12	8.37*@ ± 0.28	195.10

Data are presented as mean ± S.E (n = 6).

^*Significantly different from diabetic control at p < 0.05.

^@Significantly different from diabetic rats + insulin at p < 0.05.