Table 2.

Serum parameters of rats from control and quercetin-treated groups

	Control	Quercetin	P
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.53 ± 0.40	4.09 ± 0.16	<0.01
Insulin (mU/L)	37 ± 7	12 ± 2	<0.01
HOMA-IR	9.5 ± 1.9	2.2 ± 0.3	<0.01
Fructosamine (μmol/L)	346 ± 12	279 ± 6	<0.01
Free fatty acids (μmol/L)	1.20 ± 0.19	1.45 ± 0.26	NS

NS not significant

Values are mean ± SEM (n = 9 per group). Differences between groups were determined using Student’s t test. Statistical significance was set at the P < 0.05 level