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

Table 5

Protective effect of V. album extract against alloxan-induced toxicity.

Group	Superoxide dismutase (units/mg protein)	Catalase (units/mg protein)	Glutathione peroxidase (units/mg protein)
Normal control	10.62 ± 0.16	10.5 ± 0.15	5.69 ± 0.17
Diabetic control	3.86 ± 0.07^a	6.38 ± 0.13^a	3.52 ± 0.15^a
Glibenclamide	10.2 ± 0.17 ^ab	8.84 ± 0.13 ^ab	5.27 ± 0.13 ^ab
VA 200 mg/kg	9.14 ± 0.09^c	8.38 ± 0.14^c	4.22 ± 0.23^c
VA 400 mg/kg	9.94 ± 0.08 ^ad	8.68 ± 0.15 ^ad	5.21 ± 0.17 ^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- VA extract-treated groups. VA : V. album.