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Abstract
Garcinia rostrata Hassk.ex Hook.f is a plant that empirically used for lowering blood glucose levels. This study was aimed to determine antidiabetic activity of the n-hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol-water fractions of its root Grostrata Hassk.ex Hook.f extract as well as to compare their effects to Glibenclamide as the positive control in alloxan-induced mice. The mice divided into five groups. The first group was given Na.CMC 0.5% (as negative control) and the second one was given Glibenclamide 0.65 mg/kgBW (as positive control), while the other three was given of n-hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol-water fractions, each at a dose of 130 mg/kgBW. Before given the treatment, the mice was induced by alloxan at a dose of 150 mg/kgBW, by intraperitonial route. At fourth day after induced, the mice its raising blood glucose level >200 mg/dL was given a treatment 25 days by oral route. The level of mice blood glucose was measured 4 times at day 4, 11, 18, and 25, the blood is taken from lateralis vein tail of mice. Â The Data were analyzed by ANOVA and continued by Duncan test. Based on those results, it can be concluded that the ethanol-water fraction at doses of 130 mg/kgBW has antidiabetic activity in hyperglycemic that is comparable to Glibenclamide. Whereas, ethyl acetate fraction, at dose of 130 mg/kgBW has greater activity in lowering blood glucose level than glibenclamide.