Table 1. Mean body weight gained, blood glucose and glycated haemoglobin levels at the end of the experiment of normal and diabetic rats with or without 3′, 4′-dihydroxyflavonol (DiOHF, 1 mg/kg s.c. daily for 7 days) treatment.

	8 weeks after vehicle or STZ treatment
	n	Normal	n	Normal+DiOHF	n	Diabetic	n	Diabetic+DiOHF
Body weight gained (g)	22	307±12	19	286±5	19	126±10*	20	177±10† ‡
Blood glucose (mM)	22	8.3±0.6	19	7.3±0.6	19	32.4±0.3*	20	30.2±0.9‡
HbA1c (%)	8	6.1±0.2	7	5.8±0.2	10	13.5±0.5*	10	12.6±0.6‡

n =  the number of rats. * Significantly different from normal group (Bonferroni's test, p<0.05), ^† Significantly different to diabetic group, p<0.05, Bonferroni's test. ^‡ Significantly different to Normal+DiOHF group, p<0.05, Bonferroni's test. Results are shown as mean±SEM.