Antidiabetic effect of Raphanus sativus root juice

Figures & data

Table 1.  Effect of variable doses of Raphanus sativus juice on BGL during FBG test of normoglycemic rats (mean ± SD).

Blood glucose levels (mg dL^−1)
Experimental Groups	Treatment (mg kg^−1bw)	Pre-treatment FBG	Post-treatment (h)
			2 h	4 h	6 h
Control	Distilled water	98.8 ± 3.4	98.3 ± 3.9	97.7 ± 3.3	96.7 ± 3.7
Extract	100	95.6 ± 3.2	94.1 ± 4.1	91.3 ± 3.5	88.1 ± 3.4^*
Extract	200	94.4 ± 3.9	84.7 ± 3.7	82.6 ± 4.0	80.4 ± 3.6^*
Extract	300	98.5 ± 3.1	81.2 ± 3.9	75.8 ± 4.1	65.5 ± 3.8^*
Extract	400	96.5 ± 3.8	83.0 ± 4.2	78.0 ± 4.3	67.5 ± 3.9^*

*p < 0.05 as compared with control.

Table 2.  Effect of variable doses of Raphanus sativus root juice on BGL during GTT of normoglycemic rats (mean ± SD).

Experimental Groups	Treatment (mg kg^−1bw)	Blood glucose levels (mg dL^−1)
		Pre-treatment FBG	Post-treatment (h)
			0	1	2	3
Control	Distilled Water	90.3 ± 3.5	90.1 ± 4.3	108.5 ± 3.9	107.5 ± 4.1	107.7 ± 3.7
Treated 1	100	91.4 ± 3.6	90.0 ± 3.3	105.4 ± 3.5	98.3 ± 4.3	96.2 ± 3.6^*
Treated 2	200	90.5 ± 3.9	88.9 ± 3.7	104.3 ± 4.0	97.5 ± 3.4^*	95.3 ± 3.7^*
Treated 3	300	89.5 ± 3.4	87.1 ± 3.9	100.5 ± 3.4	93.6 ± 3.3^*	90.1 ± 3.5^*
Treated 4	400	90.7 ± 4.1	88.3 ± 4.2	101.2 ± 3.6	93.7 ± 3.4^*	91.4 ± 3.8^*

DW, distilled water.

*p < 0.05 as compared with control.

Figure 1.  Effect of variable doses of Raphanus sativus juice on BGL during GTT in sub-diabetic rats.

Figure 2.  Effect of variable doses of Raphanus sativus juice on BGL during GTT in mid-diabetic rats.