Table 3.

Effects of puerarin on blood glucose, insulin, and cortisol

	Healthy	NS d1	NS d2	NS d3	PUE d1	PUE d2	PUE d3
Blood glucose, mmol/L	5.18 ± 0.52	7.83 ± 1.27#	7.47 ± 2.11#	7.43 ± 2.48#	7.55 ± 1.27	5.72 ± 1.13*##	5.60 ± 1.14*##
Insulin, mIU/L	7.42 ± 1.40	21.77 ± 4.90#	23.23 ± 7.72#	21.00 ± 9.90#	24.75 ± 6.08	20.00 ± 11.34*##	13.67 ± 1.04*##
Cortisol, μg/dl	11.45 ± 2.68	18.80 ± 3.76#	21.48 ± 3.71#	18.00 ± 3.46#	11.28 ± 2.12	14.03 ± 2.74*##	10.1 ± 4.84*##

A group: normal saline (NS)-treated group; B group: puerarin (PUE)-treated group; C group: healthy volunteers (control). The values of blood glucose, insulin, and cortisol of A group from the first day to third day were significantly higher than those in C group ^#(p < 0.05), and the values of B group on the second and third days were lower than those on the first day *(p < 0.05), but were also significantly decreased in comparison with those in A group at post-dressing on the second day and third days ^##(p < 0.01)