Table 1.

Effects of ginkgolide B (5 mg/kg) on biochemical profile (n = 10 per group)*

	Control group	Control treatment group	Diabetic group	Diabetic treatment group
Body weight (g)	331 ± 10.4	327 ± 11.2	179 ± 11.7†	228 ± 15.9‡
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	4.63 ± 0.58	4.76 ± 0.61	26.31 ± 3.77†	24.53 ± 3.14
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.19 ± 0.47	1.97 ± 0.36	6.20 ± 0.82†	4.16 ± 0.72‡
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.51 ± 0.37	1.43 ± 0.35	3.05 ± 0.88†	2.18 ± 0.48‡
Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	2.32 ± 0.45	2.11 ± 0.42	5.28 ± 1.22†	3.56 ± 0.62‡
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.14 ± 0.20	1.19 ± 0.12	0.47 ± 0.12†	0.68 ± 0.17‡

*Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean.

†P < 0.001 compared with control group.

‡P < 0.05 compared with diabetic group, in particular P < 0.001 compared with diabetic group for body weight and total cholesterol, P = 0.029 for triglycerides, P = 0.011 for low density lipoprotein, P = 0.003 for high-density lipoprotein.