A preliminary report on oral glucose tolerance and antinociceptive activity tests conducted with methanol extract of Xanthosoma violaceum aerial parts

Table 1 Effect of crude methanol extract of X. violaceum aerial parts (MEXV) on blood glucose level in hyperglycemic mice following 120 minutes of glucose loading

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg body weight)	Blood glucose level (mmol/l)	% lowering of blood glucose level
Control	10 ml	5.60 ± 0.27	-
Glibenclamide	10 mg	2.86 ± 0.26	48.9*
(MEXV)	50 mg	4.52 ± 0.16	19.3*
(MEXV)	100 mg	4.30 ± 0.18	23.2*
(MEXV)	200 mg	3.82 ± 0.27	31.8*
(MEXV)	400 mg	2.96 ± 0.19	47.1*

All administrations were made orally. Values represented as mean ± SEM, (n = 5); *P < 0.05; significant compared to hyperglycemic control animals.

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