Table 2.

Glucose and insulin concentrations obtained after the administration of an oral 3 g glucose load to diabetic rabbits (n = 6) treated with an intravenous metformin dose of 30 mg/kg

Time (min)	Glucose (mg/dL)			Insulin (mUI/L)
	Standard chow (group 1)	Supplemented chow (group 4)	p values a	Standard chow (group 1)	Supplemented chow (group 4)	p valuesa
0	399.9 ± 81.72	375.7 ± 152.0	0.737	0.616 ± 0.561	0.801 ± 0.464	0.547
30	461.6 ± 28.41	446.9 ± 154.2	0.824	0.990 ± 0.779	1.227 ± 0.814	0.617
60	496.4 ± 46.99	497.0 ± 122.1	0.991	1.297 ± 0.853	1.718 ± 1.202	0.500
120	552.3 ± 39.15	497.4 ± 102.5	0.248	1.000 ± 0.274	1.892 ± 1.186	0.103
180	471.7 ± 81.52	457.6 ± 117.4	0.814	0.573 ± 0.238	1.432 ± 0.940	0.055

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