Table 1.

Antidiabetic effects of DKE

Groups	days	Glucose (mg/dl)	TG (mg/dl)	TC (mg/dl)	LDL (mg/dl)	HDL (mg/dl)
Normal control	0	131.25 ± 3.85*	61.73 ± 2.05*	66.45 ± 5.85*	18.01 ± 1.23*	34.02 ± 0.86*
	14	132.00 ± 2.20*	63.98 ± 3.52*	66.81 ± 3.44*	19.55 ± 1.78*	32.68 ± 1.44*
	28	127.00 ± 5.30*	62.33 ± 3.87*	67.88 ± 5.31*	20.41 ± 1.26*	35.04 ± 1.46*
Diabetic control	0	290.80 ± 18.20	120.44 ± 4.58	107.76 ± 5.67	56.72 ± 4.05	23.38 ± 0.77
	14	342.36 ± 3.96	127.36 ± 4.69	116.54 ± 6.04	65.22 ± 4.11	22.46 ± 1.61
	28	393.87 ± 7.97	143.36 ± 8.07	117.09 ± 1.46	76.90 ± 4.24	21.18 ± 1.82
DKE (0.25 ml/rat)	0	412.58 ± 17.82	110.35 ± 8.69	101.72 ± 6.22	66.11 ± 3.56	20.16 ± 1.30
	14	384.43 ± 11.07	93.33 ± 4.99*	99.53 ± 5.85	52.80 ± 1.56	23.57 ± 0.57
	28	321.07 ± 4.00*	74.15 ± 3.33*	80.74 ± 2.19*	43.75 ± 2.50*	24.34 ± 1.72
DKE (0.5 ml/rat)	0	379.43 ± 8.08	117.16 ± 8.22	106.77 ± 3.59	57.39 ± 1.85	22.16 ± 0.69
	14	365.22 ± 3.825	77.62 ± 3.08*	97.88 ± 2.37	44.17 ± 2.06*	26.64 ± 0.77
	28	284.80 ± 6.40*	66.33 ± 1.76*	69.89 ± 4.17*	35.26 ± 3.99*	30.74 ± 1.15*
Pioglitazone	0	342.73 ± 21.44	99.78 ± 4.70	116.91 ± 2.44	61.99 ± 3.57	23.23 ± 0.69
	14	255.89 ± 7.73*	72.66 ± 3.40*	92.14 ± 1.97*	41.26 ± 1.00*	29.13 ± 0.92
	28	178.67 ± 10.01*	63.63 ± 2.82*	72.38 ± 4.46*	24.51 ± 2.04*	33.25 ± 1.05*

Each value represents the mean ± SD (n = 6). *P < 0.05 statistically different compared to the diabetic control by Student’s t-test