Table 5.

Effect of the administration of saline (3 mL/Kg), metformin (150 mg/Kg), or SGD (1240 mg/Kg) on fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) of male rats.

	0 days	14 days	28 days	42 days
Control group	6.2 ± 0.6	6.1 ± 0.6	5.5 ± 0.3	5.7 ± 0.7
Diabetic group	18.2 ± 1.9##	20.4 ± 4.6##	22.5 ± 5.8##	24.2 ± 3.5##
Metformin group	17.6 ± 3.7##	16.2 ± 4.2	13.6 ± 4.2	12.3 ± 3.2∗∗
SGD group	18.4 ± 3.4##	16.9 ± 4.4	15.3 ± 5.7	14.5 ± 2.8∗∗

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. ^##P < 0.01 versus the control group; ^∗∗P < 0.01 versus the diabetic group.