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. 2018 Jul 23;10(7):948. doi: 10.3390/nu10070948

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Changes of serum glucose concentrations during the intraperitoneal insulin tolerance test (IPITT). Px rats were fed a high fat diet supplemented with aronia, red ginseng, shiitake mushroom, and nattokinase powders (1) 0.5 g mixture/kg bw/day (AGM-L), (2) 1 g mixture/kg bw/day (AGM-H), (3) 1 g dextrin /kg bw/day (control), or (4) metformin (120 mg/kg body weight; positive-control) for 12 weeks. Sham rats fed the same diet of the control. IPITT was conducted with intraperitoneal injection of 0.75 IU insulin/kg body weight and measured serum glucose concentrations in blood collected from the tail every 15 min for 90 min. Changes of serum glucose levels were measured during IPITT (A). The average of the area under the curve (AUC) of glucose (B) during the first part (0–45 min) and second part (45–120 min) of IPITT. Each dot and bar and error bar represents the mean ± SD (n = 10 of each group). * Significantly different among the groups at each time point at p < 0.05. a,b,c,d Different superscripts on the bars represent significant differences at p < 0.05.