. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 6.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Feb 26;585(1):64–75. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.02.050

Table 1.

Plasma endocrine analysis following DHEA administration

Plasma endocrine measure	Control	STZ + Chow	STZ + DHEA
Glucose (mg/dl)	124.2 ± 3.2	489.3 ± 20.6^a	444.3 ± 21.7^a
Insulin (ng/ml)	0.437 ± 0.16	0.034 ± 0.018^a	0.037 ± 0.03^a
DHEA-SO4 (ug/dl)	0.00	0.00	75.8 ± 19.5^a/^b
Corticosterone (ug/dl)	3.39 ± 0.43	2.19 ± 0.42	3.89 ± 0.63

Rats were provided standard chow (control and STZ + Chow) or standard chow supplemented with 0.4% DHEA (STZ + DHEA). Fasting glucose levels were measured by glucose-trinder assay; insulin, DHEA-SO4 and corticosterone were measured by radioimmunoassay.

= significantly different from control;

= significantly different from STZ + Chow.

/# = p = 0.001.