IN VIVO ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIHYPERGLYCAEMIC PROPERTIES OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF A HERBAL COCKTAIL
1Ogugua V N, 2Egba S I٭, and 1Adoga J E.
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
2Department of Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
The antioxidant and antihyperglycaemic effect of herbal cocktail
namely: vernonia amygdalina, Gongronema latifolium, Allium
sativium, Ocimum gratissmun and Aloe barbadensis was studied on
alloxan induced Diabetic Rat. Twenty (20) albino wistar Rats were
equally divided into five groups. Groups 1 and 2 served as normal and
untreated Diabetic controls. Test groups 3, 4 and 5 were treated with
10mg/kg glibenclamide, 200mg and 400mg/kg of extract for 28 days.
The result showed a dose dependant significant increase (P
Keywords: Antioxidant, catalase, glutathione, alloxan, antihyperglycaemia, glibenclamide.
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