Table 1.

Blood glucose, weight of pancreas, glutathione (GSH), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) levels in the experimental groups

Group	Blood glucose (mmol/L)	Pancreas weight (g)	GSH (nmol/mg protein)	TAC (nmol/mg protein)
ND	4.64±0.43	0.243±0.04	28.0±4.1	266.7±32.0
D	21.00±4.11*	0.216±0.01	10.0±3.5	159.4±24.0
ND+BE	4.22±0.54	0.236±0.02	27.9±2.4	258.3±12.1
D+BE	4.23±0.66	0.226±0.01	27.5±3.1**	309.7±14.7**

Results are the means±SD of five measurements.

Significantly higher as compared to ND group at *P≤0.001 and compared to D group at **P<0.01.

ND, non-diabetic rats that received chow diet; D, STZ-induced diabetic rats that received chow diet; ND+BE, non-diabetic rats that received chow diet plus oral feeding of broccoli extract; D+BE, diabetic rats that received chow diet plus oral feeding of broccoli extract.