Evaluation of Antidiabetic Activity of Momordica balsamina Linn Seeds in Experimentally-induced Diabetes

Navneet Bhardwaj, Vinod Gautta

Abstract

The present study was design with an aim to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of Momordica balsamina (MB) seeds. The study was performed on methanolic and aqueous extracts of MB seeds in oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and STZ-induced diabetes models in rats. In OGTT model, aqueous extract (AE) at 500 mg/kg dose had shown the significant (P