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Table 2 Effect of aqueous extract of C. papaya leaf on biochemical parameters in diabetic and non-diabetic rats

From: Hypoglycemic effect of Carica papaya leaves in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

C. papaya

Glucose

Chol

TAG

HDL-Chol

Insulin

NOx

(g/100 mL)

(mg/dL)

(mg/dL)

(mg/dL)

(mg/dL)

(ng/mL)

(NO3+NO2μM)

Diabetic

      

Control

434±7.49a

75.62 ±2.9a

232.1±17.3a

34.25±2.09

0.42±0.02a

18.29±3.75a

0.75

305.4±9.68b

70.32±3.27

146.5±8.9b

37.12±3.23

0.43±0.05b

26.24±3.47b

1.5

306.5±8.8b

88.11±4.56

144.5±11.6b

43.32±2.23

0.38±0.2b

35.68±3.74b

3

250±10.2b

57.37±2.9b

93.71±17.2b

27.2±1.09b

0.43±0.01b

27.96±3.2b

Non-diabetic

      

Control

99.5±6.4

63.61±2.24

86.14±11.4

31.18±1.31

0.97±0.1

36.01±5.23

0.75

102.8±9.54

81.5±5.5c

208.2±12c

30.69±1.35

1.06±0.06

31.68±4.9

1.5

89.19±1.9

73.23± 3.3c

135.8±12.6c

30.14±1.69

1.29±0.17c

31.19±3.75

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M; n=6. ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test (p< 0.05). astatistically different from non-diabetic rats; bstatistically different from diabetic control and cstatistically different from non-diabetic control.