. 2022 Feb 9;14:59–72. doi: 10.2147/JEP.S343735

Table 5.

Antihyperglycemic effect of hydromethanolic crude root extract of D. barnimiana in streptozocin-induced diabetic mice

Group	Blood glucose (mg/dL) at weekly intervals
Group	Day 0	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28
DW10	277.17±2.00^ε*	277.83±2.85^ε*	275.18±2.34^ε*	271.97±2.55^ε*	268.57±1.64^ε*
DB100	282.83±3.21^ε*	275.65±2.62^∅^∂^β^ε	268.22±3.10^∅^∂^^β^ε*	259.27±1.84^α^^∂^β^ε*	255.41±0.78^α^∂^β^ε
DB200	279.02±6.39^ε*	256.16±3.38^α^∂^β^ε	252.56±3.06^α^∂^β^ε	251.01±2.86^α^∂^β^ε	248.69±2.86^α^∂^β^ε
DB400	276.50±2.51^ε*	220.59±1.89^α^β^ε*	216.38±2.13^α^β^ε*	214.43±1.98^α^β^ε*	214.07±2.03^α^β^ε*
Glc5	276.45±3.34^ε*	185.56±2.65^α^ε	178.82±2.47^α^ε	165.94±1.75^α^ε	163.75±1.69^α^ε
NC	129.93±0.75^α*	128.67±0.38^α*	127.57±0.24^α*	126.08±0.54^α*	125.56±0.62^α*

Notes: Values expressed as means ± SEM (n=6) and analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey tests. ^αCompared to negative control; ^∅compared to DB200 mg/kg; ^∂compared to DB400 mg/kg; ^βcompared to Glc5; ^εcompared to normal control. ^P<0.01; *P<0.001.

Abbreviations: DB, Dorstenia barnimiana; DW, distilled water; Glc, glibenclamide; NC, normal control (pretreatment significantly brought down the volume of BGL).