Table 4. Serum and hepatic lipids in db/db mice.

Variables	Lean control group	db/db control group	Daraesoon group
Serum TG (mg/dL)	75.7 ± 4.2a	141.0 ± 6.3c	117.5 ± 5.9b
Serum TC (mg/dL)	83.3 ± 5.6a	160.9 ± 9.7c	125.3 ± 7.4b
Serum HDL-C (mg/dL)	50.9 ± 3.0ns	59.3 ± 2.8	51.6 ± 2.7
Hepatic TG (mg/g liver)	28.3 ± 1.9a	56.8 ± 3.5c	38.0 ± 2.1b

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).

TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NS, not significant; SEM, standard error of the mean.

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