Results: In the type-2 diabetes-induced group, the fasting blood glucose, oral glucose tolerance,
serum insulin, lipid profile, glucose uptake and oxidation, Akt and glucose transporter 2 mRNA,
insulin receptor and glucose transporter 2 protein (both cytosolic and plasma membrane) and
phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 and Akt were impaired. A. paniculata was able
to successfully reinstate this impairment. In addition to this, A. paniculata did not cause a
hypoglycemic condition in normal rat, affirming its activity in hyperglycemic state alone.