“Diabegon”, a safe and effective polyherbal therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 3 Effect of 6 mo polyherbal therapy on biomarkers of oxidative stress

Biochemicalparameter	Variations at 3 monthly intervals following polyherbal therapy
	0 d	3 mo	6 mo	Mean change
GSH (mg/mL)	2.29 ± 0.26	2.74 ± 0.14	3.03 ± 0.12a	(↑ 32.3%)
SOD (μmol/L· min-1 per milligram protein)	0.47 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.03	0.74 ± 0.04a	(↑ 57.4%)
Catalase (μmol/L· min-1 per milligram protein)	4.19 ± 0.37	4.70 ± 0.27	6.07 ± 0.23b	(↑ 44.8%)
TBARS (n moles of MDA/mL of blood)	486.62 ± 29.82	455.11 ± 21.81a	442.26 ± 21.44a	(↓ 9.1%)

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM;

^aP < 0.05 compared to 0^th d levels. GSH: Glutathione; SOD: Superoxide dismutase; TBARS: Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; MDA: Malondialdehyde.