. 2019 Feb 27;2019:7958701. doi: 10.1155/2019/7958701

Table 2.

Effect of the methanolic extract of Sargassum muticum (MESM) on serum glucose levels.

Different groups	Glucose (mg/dl) (mean ± S.D)#
Group 1	95.41 ± 2.8
Group 2	352.52±8.5^∗∗∗
Group 3	180.30 ± 14.3^∗
Group 4	127.16±9.4^∗∗
Group 5	97.32 ± 3.9^ns

Group 1: normal control; group 2: STZ induction group; Group 3: treatment with a lower dosage (200 mg/kg) of the MESM after induction of STZ; Group 4: treatment with higher doses (500 mg/kg) of the MESM after induction of STZ; Group 5: seaweed control studies. ^#Each value is mean ± S.D. for six rats in each group (n = 6); ^∗∗∗p < 0.001, extremely significant; ^∗∗p < 0.01, significant; ^∗p < 0.05, significant when compared to NC; ns: nonsignificant (p > 0.05).