Table 4.

Effect of the Leaf Crude Extract on Oral Glucose Loaded Mice.*

Group	Blood glucose level (mg/dL)
	0 min	30 min	60 min	120 min
DW10	85.83 ± 2.23	186.33 ± 3.64	141.33 ± 4.36	114.33 ± 3.33
GLC5	89.17 ± 3.28	156.33 ± 3.95a3,β3	77.00 ± 6.23a3,μ3	73.33 ± 5.78a3,μ3
BAC100	84.17 ± 2.01	178.17 ± 1.07 β3,n2	137.17 ± 7.54 β3,n3,μ2	87.67 ± 8.53a1,μ3
BAC200	82.83 ± 2.6	169.50 ± 3.67a1,β3	113.33 ± 8.55a1,n2,β2,μ3	83.50 ± 2.69a2,μ3
BAC400	87.50 ± 4.01	160.83 ± 2.45a3,β3	91.17 ± 4.67a3,μ3	75.83 ± 3.99a3,μ3

Abbreviations: BAC, Bersama abyssinica leaf crude extract; DW, distilled water; GLC, glibenclamide.

* Each value represents mean ± SEM; n = 6 for each treatment. ^aCompared with the negative control, ^bcompared with BAC100, ^ccompared with BAC200, ^dcompared with BAC400, ^μcompared with the blood glucose level at 30 minutes and ^βcompared with baseline blood glucose level, ⁿcompared with GLC5. ¹ P < .05, ² P < .01, ³ P < .001.