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Table 1. Effect of groundnut oil in diet on blood glucose and body weight in normal and diabetic animals.

	Body weight (g)		Blood glucose (mg/dL)
Group	Before treatment (0 day)	After treatment (42 days)	Before treatment (0 day)	After treatment (42 days)
Normal	185.16 ± 3.31	208.66 ± 4.22^a	80.95 ± 5.82	88.09 ± 4.32^b
Normal + groundnut oil diet	176.50 ± 2.25	198.16 ± 3.18^a,b	75.54 ± 4.23	72.61 ± 3.68^a
Diabetic control	178.50 ± 3.01	128.16 ± 3.12^c	251.78 ± 9.78	322.61 ± 9.49^e
Diabetic + groundnut oil diet	173.50 ± 3.14	159.66 ± 3.55^b	259.51 ± 11.44	244.04 ± 11.66^d
Diabetic + glibenclamide (600 µg/kg b-wt)	181.50 ± 4.37	201.50 ± 5.39^a,b	258.33 ± 7.37	122.11 ± 3.61^c

Values are means ± SD for six rats in each group. Values sharing a common superscript in a column are not significant with each other (p < 0.05, Duncan's Multiple Range Test [DMRT]).