Table 1.

Effect of butanol extract of P. aphylla on percent increase in body weight in control and diabetic rats

Treatment (mg/kg)	Percent increase in body weight	Absolute liver weight (g)	Relative liver weight (% to body weight)	Absolute kidney weight (g)	Relative kidney weight (% to body weight)
Normal control	34.70 ± 1.82	5.28 ± 0.94	0.052 ± 0.001	1.56 ± 0.04	0.015 ± 0.0001
Diabetic control	20.76 ± 1.21*	3.42 ± 0.68	0.034 ± 0.001*	0.42 ± 0.01	0.004 ± 0.0001*
Db + PAB 200	25.29 ± 0.56*#	4.12 ± 0.54	0.041 ± 0.001*#	0.83 ± 0.08	0.008 ± 0.0001*#
Db + PAB 400	28.98 ± 1.26*#	4.88 ± 0.37	0.048 ± 0.002*#	1.32 ± 0.02	0.013 ± 0.0003#
Db + Glib 10	31.06 ± 0.98*#	5.13 ± 0.75	0.051 ± 0.002#	1.51 ± 0.02	0.015 ± 0.0002#

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (06). “^*” indicates significance difference from normal control whereas “^#” from diabetic control at P < 0.01 level

Db diabetic, PAB P. aphylla n-butanol extract, Glib glibenclamide