Table 1.

Body weight and fasting blood glucose in CON, CON +100 mg/kg/day berberine, diabetic, and diabetic +100 mg/kg/day berberine rats at 4 and 8 weeks after STZ-injection in Experiment I

	Initial		4 Week after STZ-injection		8 Week after STZ-injection
	Body weight (g)	Blood glucose (mM)	Body weight (g)	Blood glucose (mM)	Body weight (g)	Blood glucose (mM)
CON (n = 20)	195.0 ± 25.7	4.2 ± 1.2	423.5 ± 55.8	5.2 ± 0.9	501.0 ± 75.6	5.6 ± 1.5
CON + berberine (n = 20)	186.5 ± 28.1	3.8 ± 2.2	417.9 ± 65.3	4.1 ± 1.2	483.5 ± 72.1	4.5 ± 1.7
Diabetic (n = 20)	190.0 ± 23.4	3.6 ± 1.3	270.3 ± 46.3*	21.9 ± 5.4*	251.0 ± 52.7*	25.91 ± 6.6*
Diabetic + berberine (n = 20)	187.0 ± 25.5	4.1 ± 1.6	327.0 ± 51.2#,*	16.5 ± 4.5#,*	353.0 ± 58.3#,*	14.8 ± 4.3#,*

CON control rats, CON + berberine control rats administrated with berberine (100 mg/kg/day), Diabetic diabetic rats, diabetic + berberine diabetic rats administrated with berberine (100 mg/kg/day). * P < 0.05 vs. CON and ^# P < 0.05 vs. diabetic rats