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Table 2.

Changes in the glucose tolerance of rats at the 4th and 8th weeks after drug administration ( $\bar{x} \pm s$ ).

Group	Time	Case (n)	Blood glucose
Group	Time	Case (n)	0 min	30 min	60 min	120 min	AUC
Normal control group	4th week	15	5.73 ± 0.52	7.41 ± 0.69	7.98 ± 0.98	7.69 ± 0.82	22.38 ± 1.12
Normal control group	8th week	15	5.8 ± 0.7	8.52 ± 0.67	8.41 ± 0.79	7.73 ± 1.23	24.13 ± 1.98
Model group	4th week	15	7.83 ± 2.67^*	13.73 ± 1.17^*	14.25 ± 2.63^*	13.78 ± 2.52^*	32.65 ± 2.78^*
Model group	8th week	15	11.99 ± 1.52^**	15.78 ± 2.69^*	16.18 ± 3.28^*	15.92 ± 3.96^*	35.96 ± 4.21^*
Curcumin group	4th week	15	4.83 ± 1.81^#	10.07 ± 3.61^*^,^#	11.76 ± 2.96^*^,^#	10.91 ± 3.02^*^,^#	28.99 ± 3.92^*^,^#
Curcumin group	8th week	15	6.96 ± 0.76^#	11.03 ± 3.51^*	12.89 ± 2.99^*^,^#	11.77 ± 4.12^*^,^#	29.97 ± 3.89^*^,^#

p < .05 vs. normal control group.

p < .05 vs. model group.