Table 4.

Serum parameters in the experimental mice

Group no. treatment	1 None a	2 Astaxanthin a	3 AOM alone a	4 AOM + astaxanthin a
Glucose (mg/dl)	110.8 ± 18.4	110.2 ± 18.3	97.6 ± 24.6	83.6 ± 25.1
Insulin (nM/ml)	131.8 ± 53.3	120.7 ± 35.3	203.1 ± 51.9	174.9 ± 47.3
Quicki	0.249 ± 0.005	0.253 ± 0.007	0.238 ± 0.007	0.238 ± 0.011
Adiponectin (ng/ml)	52.2 ± 2.0	53.3 ± 1.1	57.1 ± 13.8	57.5 ± 3.2
Leptin (ng/ml)	5.3 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.5	9.9 ± 0.3b	8.3 ± 0.5c
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	91.6 ± 32.7	91.6 ± 35.4	82.7 ± 24.6	90.2 ± 50.1

^aMean ± SD.

^bSignificantly different from group 1 by Tukey-Kramer Multiple Comaprison Test (P < 0.05).

^cSignificantly different from group 3 by Tukey-Kramer Multiple Comaprison Test (P < 0.05).