Table 1. Animal characteristics.

Groups	Termination weight (g)	Non fasting BGL (mmol/L)	BGL 4hrs. after insulin injection (mmol/L)	BGL 12 hrs. after insulin injection (mmol/L)
CON	488.4±9.9	5.1±0.1	5.1±0.1	5.0±0.6
DM	373.8±10.3*	21.2±1.4*	19.1±0.8*	21.3±0.8*
DM+INS	421.7±9.7*	17.1±0.6*#	3.4±0.4#	9.3±1.6*#

Results from Control (CON) diabetic (DM) and Insulin treated (DM+INS) animals. Blood glucose levels (BGL) were measured from tail vein blood one week prior to termination. Results are expressed as Mean ± SEM,

*P<0.05 vs. CON,

^#P<0.05 vs. DM.