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Table 3. The effect of curcumin and nanocurcumin on protein content of rat lens.

Groups	Total protein (mg/g lens)	Soluble protein (mg/g lens)	Soluble protein (%)
Control	498 ± 21.63^a	338 ± 16.54^a	67.87
Diabetic (D)	318 ± 18.36 ^b,c	126 ± 23.39 ^b	39.62
D + Curcumin	366 ± 10.12 ^b,c	183 ± 17.58 ^b	50.00
D + Nanocurcumin	377 ± 60.09 ^b	227 ± 42.57 ^c	60.00
D + Blank particles	313 ± 28.59 ^c	136 ± 19.43^b	43.45
	p=0.001	p=0.001

The data are mean ± SD (n=6). Different superscripts ^a,b,c) indicate that data are significantly different from other groups.