Fig. 3.

The effect of the botanical test formula on fasting glycemia status. Fasting (3 h) serum glucose (a), insulin (b) and HOMA-IR (c) in a chronic HFD fed and an acute alloxan induced model of insulin resistance and T2DM treated with the botanical test formula comprised of fenugreek seed, mulberry leaf and American ginseng for 33 d. Naïve control (n = 10); model control (n = 10); 1× (n = 10); 2× (n = 9); 4× (n = 7). Data are presented as mean ± SD. ^### P < 0.001, ^## P < 0.01 and ^# P < 0.05 vs. naïve control group, ^*** P < 0.001 and ^** P < 0.01 vs. model control group