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

Table 4 Effect of 6 mo polyherbal therapy on biochemical markers of kidney function

Biochemicalparameter	Variations at 3 monthly intervals following polyherbal therapy
	0 d	3 mo	6 mo	Mean change
Urea (mg/dL)	26.31 ± 0.97	26.45 ± 0.90	25.48 ± 0.87	(↓ 3.1%)
Uric acid (mg/dL)	5.35 ± 0.21	5.36 ± 0.16	4.80 ± 0.97a	(↓ 10.2%)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.78 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.02	0.60 ± 0.02b	(↓ 23.0%)

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM;

^aP < 0.05,

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