Table 3.

Effects of S. platensis on body weight, body weight gain, and relative weight liver and left kidney [% body weight].

	Rats		Liver	Left kidney
Groups	Body weight gain [g]	Weight [g]	Relative weight	Weight [g]	Relative weight
G 1: NC	55.78 ± 5.31	7.08 ± 0.22	2.92 ± 0.14	0.91 ± 0.09	0.37 ± 0.03
G 2: DC	−16.92 ± 7.43***	5.06 ± 0.27***	3.08 ± 0.17	1.26 ± 0.13**	0.77 ± 0.10***
G 3: SPC	+42.42 ± 3.93	6.78 ± 0.40	3.00 ± 0.16	0.95 ± 0.06	0.42 ± 0.03
G 4: D + M	−16.83 ± 4.96	5.33 ± 0.51	3.03 ± 0.22	1.32 ± 0.55	0.75 ± 0.31
G5: D + SP	+30.13 ± 4.35‡	5.8 ± 0.63‡	2.62 ± 0.25†	1.17 ± 0.34	0.53 ± 0.16†
G 6: MetC	+52.33 ± 6.53	7.18 ± 0.47	2.96 ± 0.26	0.82 ± 0.12	0.38 ± 0.04

NC: Normal Control; DC: Diabetic Control; SPC: SP control; D + Met: Diabetic rats treated with metformin; D + SP: Diabetic rats treated with SP; MetC: Metformin Control. Each value represents mean ± SE (n = 8).

^**p < 0.01, compared with group 1 values.

^***p < 0.001, compared with group 1 values.

^†p < 0.01, compared with group 2 values.

^‡p < 0.001, compared with group 2 values.