Figure 3.

Effect of NSE on plasma insulin levels in Meriones shawi. The plasma insulin was measured after 4 weeks of treatment in diabetic control group (DC), normal control group (NC), and animals receiving 48 mg/kg/day N. sativa ethanolic extract (NSE) or 300 mg/kg/day of the reference oral antidiabetic drug metformin. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 8). Significantly different from diabetic control animals (DC) *P < 0.05. Significantly different from normal (non-diabetic) control animals (NC) ^$ P < .05.