Table 3. Glycated hemoglobin, serum glucose, insulin, adiponectin, and HOMA-IR in db/db mice.

Variables	Lean control group	db/db control group	Daraesoon group
Blood glycated hemoglobin (%)	5.3 ± 0.3a	8.1 ± 0.3c	7.0 ± 0.3b
Serum glucose (mg/dL)	105.3 ± 6.7a	491.5 ± 24.6c	379.5 ± 15.0b
Serum insulin (μIU/mL)	21.1 ± 1.1a	91.3 ± 4.7b	78.4 ± 4.1b
Serum adiponectin (μg/mL)	15.1 ± 0.8c	9.5 ± 0.5a	11.9 ± 0.6b
HOMA-IR1)	5.5 ± 0.4a	111.5 ± 9.4c	73.3 ± 4.2b

Seven-week-old db/db mice were fed an AIN-93G diet or a diet containing 0.4% Daraesoon extract, whereas lean control group was offered the AIN-93G diet ad libitum for 7 weeks. Values represent mean ± SEM (n = 7).

HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; SEM, standard error of the mean.

¹⁾HOMA-IR = {Insulin (μU/mL) × Glucose (mmol/L)}/22.5.

^a,b,cMeans within a row not sharing a common alphabet are significantly different at P < 0.05.