| Group |
Dose (mg/kg bw) |
Average body weight (g) |
| Day 1 |
Day 7 |
Day 14 |
Change in bw (%) |
| NC |
Normal saline |
180.34 ±4.41 |
196.14 ±3.65 |
210.63 ±5.31 |
16.79 |
| DC |
120.0 mg/kg bw |
186.34 ±6.52 |
181.56 ±3.82 |
176.71 ±4.69 |
-5.16 |
| STD |
0.5 mg/kg bw |
183.43 ±5.54 |
213.13 ±3.61 |
218.34 ±5.02 |
19.03 |
| CF-17 |
400 mg/kg bw |
175.65 ±4.09 |
191.39 ±5.04 |
204.67 ±3.19 |
16.52 |
| CF-20 |
400 mg/kg bw |
178.08 ±6.26 |
189.78 ±4.19 |
200.23 ±5.78 |
12.43 |
|
| *Repeated the each experiment thrice Note: NC: Normal control, DC: Diabetic control, STD: Standard drug, CF-17: Column fraction-17, CF-20: Column fraction-20 and bw: Body weight |
| Table 1: Effect of column fractions of Loranthus micranthus extract on average body weight of diabetic induced rats. |
