Table 1.

Effect of quercetin on the blood lipid profile after administration for 10 weeks

Parameters	Db/m	Db/db	Db/db+ LD-quercetin	Db/db+ HD-quercetin
TC (mmol/L)	1.51±0.20	4.48±1.18**	2.53±0.56#	1.61±0.49#,##
TG (mmol/L)	0.67±0.22	3.04±0.45**	1.27±0.41#	0.81±0.34#,##
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.42±0.13	2.84±0.25**	0.87±0.34#	0.46±0.28#,##
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.98±0.27	0.58±0.19*	0.63±0.25	0.69±0.31

Notes: **P<0.01 or *P<0.05, compared with non-diabetic control group; ^##P<0.01, compared with diabetic control group; ^#P<0.05, compared with LD-quercetin groups.

Abbreviations: TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LD-quercetin, low dose quercetin; HD-quercetin, high dose quercetin.