Table 1.

Weight and glycaemic characteristics of the three experimental groups of rats

	Weight (g)		Blood glucose level (mmol/L)
	Initial	Final	Initial	Average
Controls (n = 5)	232.2 ± 7.29	486 ± 4.93a	7.08 ± 0.22	6.3 ± 0.13
Diabetics (n = 6)	235.3 ± 10.48	382.7 ± 3.53ab	6.6 ± 0.1	23.31 ± 0.53ab
Insulin-treated diabetics (n = 4)	251.5 ± 4.35	481.5 ± 13.4ac	6.65 ± 0.18	9.48 ± 0.14abc

Data are expressed as mean ± SE;

^aP < 0.0001 vs initial,

^bP < 0.0001 vs final controls, and

^cP < 0.0001 vs final diabetics.