Table 1.

The Effects of Curcumin on Blood Glucose, Serum Total Cholesterol (TC, TG) of Diabetic Mice by STZ

Day	Group	BG (mmol/l)	TC (mmol/l)	TG (mmol/l)
0	NC	6.51±1.34	2.90±0.21	1.05±0.21
	DN	18.96±2.41***	4.96±0.92**	2.21±0.36**
	Curcumin	18.65±3.04***	5.01±1.03**	1.97±0.32**#
36	NC	5.90±1.28	3.10±0.60	1.13±0.196
	DN	18.00±2.01***	5.23±0.84**	2.54±0.32**
	Curcumin	13.17±2.31***##	4.40±0.83**#	1.92±0.41**#
56	NC	7.21±1.41	3.40±0.62	1.22±0.19
	DN	20.61±1.51***	5.63±0.84**	2.59±0.29**
	Curcumin	10.09±1.78**###	4.1±0.94*##	1.73±0.57*##

Notes: *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs control group; ^#P<0.05, ^##P<0.01, ^###P<0.001 vs diabetic group.

Abbreviations: NC, normal group; DN, diabetic group; curcumin, diabetic+cucumin group, n=6.