. 2012 Nov 27;9:106. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-9-106

Table 2.

Lipid profiles, liver function, and levels of glucose and insulin in serum

	NC	DM	DM-SE 0.4	DM-SE 0.6	DM-G
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.92±0.15^a	1.86±0.13^b	0.75±0.13^a	0.68±0.12^a	0.89±0.02^a
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.01±0.10^a	2.70±0.19^b	1.81±0.05^a	1.81±0.06^a	2.14±0.10^a
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.20±0.04^a	1.33±0.02^a	1.28±0.02^a	1.34±0.06^a	1.02±0.09^b
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.73±0.03^a	1.25±0.07^b	0.82±0.07^a	0.72±0.04^a	0.88±0.05^a
Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (IU/L)	42.81±1.19	46.02±2.92	42.94±2.05	44.26±0.73	45.03±1.52
Glutamic pyruvic transaminase (IU/L)	14.54±3.45	12.72±1.20	13.78±1.94	10.17±0.73	9.68±1.96
Glucose (mmol/L)	1.18±0.06^a	1.67±0.12^c	1.51±0.07^bc	1.29±0.02^b	1.21±0.12^a
Insulin (pmol/L)	3.73±0.27^a	1.25±0.20^b	1.64±0.26^ab	1.91±0.11^ab	3.69±1.46^a
AUC of glucose (mmol·min/L)	748.25±27.39^a	1250.25±35.24^c	881.20±39.61^b	907.76±29.55^b	781.39±23.36^a

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5); NC, normal control rats administrated saline; DM, rats with diabetes mellitus administrated saline; DM-SE 0.4, rats with diabetes mellitus administrated 0.4 g/kg body weight of sorghum extract; DM-SE 0.6, rats with diabetes mellitus administrated 0.6 g/kg body weight of sorghum extract; DM-G, rats with diabetes mellitus administrated 0.7 mg/kg body weight of glibenclamide; AUC, area under the curve during intraperitoneal glucose tolerance tests. The values in the rows with different letters were significantly different at p < 0.05 using ANOVA with Duncan’s multiple range test.