Table 2 Effect of Momordica charantia extract on liver glycogen levels, glucose uptake by hemidiaphragm and glycogenolysis by liver of alloxan diabetic rats

Normal control

3.8 ± 0.4

16.0 ± 0.4

26.9 ± 0.4

0.3 ± 0.01

Diabetic control

1.0 ± 0.2^#

4.7 ± 0.2^#

42.6 ± 2.2^#

3.6 ± 0.13

MCE (150 mg/kg)

1.6 ± 0.2^b

8.1 ± 0.3^a

17.9 ± 0.4^a

2.9 ± 0.2

MCE (300 mg/kg)

1.7 ± 0.1^a

15.9 ± 0.4^a

15.6 ± 0.7^a

1.9 ± 0.12

Glibenclamide 4 mg/kg

1.8 ± 0.1^a

14.0± 0.3^a

17.9 ± 0.8^a

1.8 ± 0.18