. 2009 Oct 16;1:17. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-1-17

Table 5.

Effect of diet and treatments on serum glucose, insulin, insulin resistance lipid peroxidation in obese rats

	Normal diet	HFD	L-Carnitine	HMF
Glucose (mg/dl)	57.87 ± 1.96	145.1 ± 2.26**^a	120.9 ± 1.96^{b, c}	118.0 ± 3.23^{c, d}

Insulin (μIU/ml)	4.40 ± 0.15	6.69 ± 0.13**^a	4.5 ± 0.07^b	4.41 ± 0.04^b

Insulin resistance	1.17 ± 0.09	2.89 ± 0.07**^a	2.46 ± 0.09^b	2.40 ± 0.05^b

M.D.A (n mol M.D.A/g/hr)	4.69 ± 0.06	9.72 ± 0.08**^a	7.96 ± 0.08^{b, c}	8.21 ± 0.07^b

GSH (n mol/ 100 mg tissue)	72.65 ± 0.72	57.31 ± 0.72**^a	68.77 ± 0.89^{b, c}	68.45 ± 0.46^b

Catalase (K×10-2)	52.60 ± 0.96	19.88 ± 0.63**^a	36.97 ± 0.71^b	32.22 ± 1.06^c

Values significantly different compared to normal P** < 0.01. Values are expressed as means ± SEM. Means not sharing common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05).