Cleome (C.) droserifolia has been mentioned in Egypt as a traditional medicine to be of value in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The study was designed to examine the hypoglycemic effect C. droserifolia leaf ethanolic extract in normal (normoglycemic) and in alloxan-treated diabetic mice. At a dose of 0.31 g kg-1 i.p., C. droserifolia reduced the mean basal blood glucose concentrations of f...