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Table 2.

Effect of N. sativa seed extract on average serum levels of cholesterol and triglyceride (mg/dl) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Group		Cholesterol
Group	Day 0	Day 24	Day 45	Day 0	Day 24	Day 45
C	71.91±2.83	73.66±1.21	72.63±4.17	55.42±2.58	87.38±4.31	56.43±2.44
D	76.05±1.29	108.62±1.7^***	121.42±6.66^***	61.91 ±6.40	293.39±7.82^***	101.34±2.96^***
DM	73±2.23	89.38±3.63^###	82.27±3.23^###	64.80±6.4	278.99±26.11^***	267.60±21.31^***
DE 100	70.07±3.79	87.43±4.22^#	78.87±2.84^###	65.03±5.56	248.56±13.15^***	60.48±5.21^###
DE 200	71.54±2.05	87.55±2.16^###	86.25±3.22^###	56.54±2.49	190.99±21.28^*^#	68.41±5.03^###
DE 400	67.08±2.25	84.45±6.01^###	80.60±5.60^###	63.05±4.44	258.74±28.72^***	65.82±17.28^###

Abbreviations: C: control, D: diabetic, DM: diabetic + metformin, DE 100: diabetic + N. sativa extract of 100 mg/kg, DE 200: diabetic + N. sativa extract of 200 mg/kg, DE 400: diabetic + N. sativa extract of 400 mg/kg. Values are presented as means±SEM (n = 8).

^∗

p<0.05,

^***

p<0.001 compared to control group and

p<0.05,

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p<0.001 compared to diabetic group.