Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of methanolic extract of Pennisetum americanum in alloxan and dexamethasone induced diabetic rats

Research Article

Y. Narasimha Rao, M. Prasada R

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a major health threat today. There are over 150 million diabetics worldwide currently and the figure is likely to be 300 million by 2025. In the present study, the formulation was evaluated for its protective effect of methanolic extract of Pennisetum Americanum whole plant against alloxan& dexamethasone induced insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in male Wister rats of weight range 167±15 g.the animals were treated with dose range of 100,200mg/kg body weight with plant extract.

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