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

Table 1 Effect of 6 mo polyherbal therapy on hyperglycemia

Biochemicalparameter	Variations at 3 monthly intervals following polyherbal therapy
	0 d	3 mo	6 mo	Mean change
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	159.54 ± 7.74	130.08 ± 6.58b	131.02 ± 3.63b	(↓ 17.8%)
Postprandial glucose (mg/dL)	248.30 ± 11.82	196.48 ± 11.23b	183.54 ± 10.54b	(↓ 26.0%)
HbA1c (%)	7.22 ± 0.14	6.65 ± 0.14b	6.41 ± 0.11b	(↓ 11.2%)

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM;

^bP < 0.001 compared to 0^th d levels.