Figure 2.
Effect of long-term administration of MSEC on body weight and water intakein diabetic rats. The animals in group of diabetic + MSEC received diet containing 4% (w/w) of MSEC for 1 month. (a): *P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding values at day 2 and day 0. **P < 0.001 compared with the corresponding values at day 2 or day 0. (b): *P < 0.001 and P < 0.05 compared with the corresponding values of normal and diabetic + MSEC group, respectively. **P < 0.01 compared with the corresponding values of normal or diabetic + MSEC group. ***P < 0.001 compared with the corresponding values of normal or diabetic + MSEC group. The data are expressed as mean ± SEM for seven (body weight) or six (water intake) rats. MSEC: combination of both macerated and Soxhlet extracts (see Table 1).