Present study was carried out to investigate the antidiabetic and antithrombolytic properties of methanolic extracts of the whole plant of Paederia foetida. alloxan-induced male sprague Dawley (sD) rats were given the whole plant extract of methanol by gastric gavage at doses of 250, 500, 1000 mg/kg body wt. and the results of reduction of blood glucose levels were compared with negative control (tween 80 solution) & positive control (glibenclamide). Methanolic extracts of the whole plant of P. foetida has moderate antidiabetic activity. at the 3 rd hour, the dose of 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg decreased the blood glucose levels by 31.6%, 28% and 30.3%, respectively, while the reference drug (glibenclamide, 2 mg/kg) decreased the blood glucose level by 70%. 100 μl extract of P. foetida exhibited the highest thrombolytic activity (among three samples) with clot lysis value of 23.82% whereas standard streptokinase (positive control) and water (negative control) demonstrated clot lysis value of 45.85% and 2.81%, respectively.
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