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Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of WSREt and WSLEt were also investigated in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. WSREt and WSLEt and the standard drug glibenclamide were orally administered daily to diabetic rats for eight weeks. After the treatment period, urine sugar, blood glucose, haemoglobin (Hb), glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1C), liver glycogen, serum and tissues lipids, serum and tissues proteins, liver glucose-6-phosphatase (G6P) and serum enzymes like aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), acid phosphatase (ACP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels were determined. The levels of urine sugar, blood glucose, HbA1C, G6P, AST, ALT, ACP, ALP, serum lipids except high density lipoprotein-bound cholesterol (HDL-c) and tissues like liver, kidney and heart lipids were significantly (p &lt; 0.05) increased, however Hb, total protein, albumin, albumin:globulin (A:G) ratio, tissues protein and glycogen were significantly (p &lt; 0.05) decreased in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Treatment of the diabetic rats with WSREt, WSLEt and glibenclamide restored the changes of the above parameters to their normal level after eight weeks of treatment, indicating that WSREt and WSLEt possess hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic activities in alloxan-induced diabetes mellitus (DM) rats.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms10052367","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,20]],"date-time":"2009-05-20T11:56:26Z","timestamp":1242820586000},"page":"2367-2382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":115,"title":["Hypoglycaemic and Hypolipidaemic Effects of Withania somnifera Root and Leaf Extracts on Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Rajangam","family":"Udayakumar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Medicinal Sciences, Pai Chai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sampath","family":"Kasthurirengan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thankaraj Salammal","family":"Mariashibu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manoharan","family":"Rajesh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vasudevan Ramesh","family":"Anbazhagan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sei Chang","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Medicinal Sciences, Pai Chai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andy","family":"Ganapathi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Medicinal Sciences, Pai Chai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamilnadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chang Won","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Medicinal Sciences, Pai Chai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"239","article-title":"Study of antidiabetic effect of a compound medicinal plant prescription in normal and diabetic rabbits","volume":"34","author":"Akhtar","year":"1984","journal-title":"J. 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