Table 3.

Serum and pancreatic insulin concentrations in experimental and control groups

Groups	Serum insulin (μIU mL−1)	Pancreatic insulin (μIU mL−1)
Untreated mice	18.37±0.73	72.05±3.26
Curcumin control	18.25±0.64	63.48±2.62
MLD-STZ	ND	19.50±0.96*
CUR+MLD-STZ	33.18±5.05	56.92±2.58

Abbreviations: CUR, curcumin; MLD-STZ, multiple low doses of streptozotocin; ND, not detectable.

^*Values differ with respect to all other groups.

Data indicate mean insulin concentrations (μIU mL⁻¹)±s.d. for three independent experiments Serum and pancreatic samples were collected after a 4-week follow-up period. The number of animals used was 8–10 per group.