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

Table 5 Effect of 6 mo polyherbal therapy on biochemical markers of liver function

Biochemicalparameter	Variations at 3 monthly intervals following polyherbal therapy
	0 d	3 mo	6 mo	Meanchange
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.98 ± 0.05	0.91 ± 0.06	0.97 ± 0.04	(↓ 1.0%)
SGOT (IU/L)	24.00 ± 3.04	21.70 ± 2.04a	21.49 ± 1.67a	(↓ 10.4%)
SGPT (IU/L)	25.33 ± 3.27	22.70 ± 2.24a	21.83 ± 1.64a	(↓ 13.8%)

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM;

^aP < 0.05 compared to 0^th d levels. SGOT: Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase; SGPT: serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase.