Dracaena arborea alleviates ultra-structural spermatogenic alterations in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Table 1 Variation of blood glucose levels in rats after different treatments

	Blood glucose level (mg/dl)
Groups	At the beginning of the treatment (Initial)	At the end of the treatment (Final)	% of variation
Healthy control (Millipore water, 10 ml/kg)	98.40 ± 02.39^a	99.20 ± 01.02^a	0.81
Diabetic control (Millipore water, 10 ml/kg)	374.20 ± 31.82^a***	>600 ± 00.00^d***	>60.34
Treatment 1 (Sildenafil citrate 1.44 mg/kg)	371.40 ± 23.81^a***	459.00 ± 19.60^cγ***	23.59
Treatment 2 (D.a. aqueous extract 500 mg/kg)	367.80 ± 21.70^a***	424.40 ± 26.71^cγ***	15.39
Treatment 3 (D.a. ethanol extract 100 mg/kg)	366.60 ± 08.66^a***	436.40 ± 25.94^cγ***	19.04

D.a. = Dracaena arborea. Values are means ± SEM, number of animals per group = 5. On the same line, ANOVA two ways repeated measures followed by Bonferroni all pair comparison test was done; the values assigned by the same letter are not significantly different; ^d p < 0.001; ^c p < 0.01 compared to the initial blood glucose level. In the same column, two ways ANOVA followed by Bonferroni all pair comparison test was performed; *** p <0.001 compared to the corresponding normal control; ^γ p <0.001 significantly different compared to the corresponding diabetic control. Variation of blood glucose level (%) = (final – initial) × 100/initial.

ISSN: 2662-7671