Assessment of Antidiabetic Potential and Phytochemical Profiling of Viscum album, a Traditional Antidiabetic Plant

Table 4

Protective effect of V. album extract on kidney functions.

Group	Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	Serum urea (mg/dl)	Serum bilirubin(mg/dl)
Normal control	0.464 ± 0.03	23.8 ± 2.39	0.36 ± 0.07
Diabetic control	1.814 ± 0.11^a	62.4 ± 4.67^a	1.64 ± 0.09^a
Glibenclamide	0.612 ± 0.03 ^ab	30.2 ± 3.19 ^ab	0.58 ± 0.05 ^ab
VA 200 mg/kg	0.678 ± 0.03^c	35.6 ± 3.05^c	0.61 ± 0.07^c
VA 400 mg/kg	0.632 ± 0.03 ^ad	31.6 ± 3.41^ad	0.39 ± 0.03 ^ad

All values are expressed as mean ± SD for five determinations. Means ± SD with different superscript letters (a–d) within the column indicate a significant difference (). The diabetic control group was compared with the standard drug-treated and VA extract-treated groups. VA : V. album.