Table 1.

Effect of purslane on body weight and food intake in normal and experimental mice

Groups	Body weight (g)		Food intake
	Initial	Final	Before	After
Control	19.17±1.12	32.83±1.57	3.52±1.24	3.94±1.5
STZ	19.36±1.35	16.59±2.03###	3.63±1.07	7.13±2.31###
Met (10 mg/kg)	19.21±1.07	25.45±1.4**	3.27±1.42	5.16±1.88**
Purslane (100 mg/kg)	19.29±1.2	22.08±1.72**	3.44±1.3	5.94±1.72**
Purslane (200 mg/kg)	19.15±1.33	24.35±1.27**	3.49±1.16	5.3±1.65**

Notes:

^###P<0.001 compared with control;

^**P<0.01 compared with model. Data shown as mean ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations: STZ, streptozotocin; Met, metformin.