Table 6.
Effect of honey, ghee and equal ratio of honey and ghee on glycemic parameters, protein modification parameters and some of the lipid profiles (in plasma).
| 1day | 60 days |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Honey | Ghee | Honey + Ghee | ||
| Glycemic Parameters | |||||
| Glucose (mg%) | 83 ± 2.3 | 85.13 ± 3.15 | 99.65 ± 7.45* | 102.8 ± 8.45* | 129.9 ± 3.77*, #, @ |
| DPP-4(units/ml) | 3.3 ± 0.46 | 3.4 ± 0.58 | 4.65 ± 0.47* | 4.32 ± 0.6* | 5.29 ± 0.64*, #, @ |
| GLP-1(pg/ml) | 784 ± 39.4 | 755 ± 42.9 | 566 ± 82.8* | 586 ± 94.4* | 398 ± 51.1*, #, @ |
| GIP(pg/ml) | 9001 ± 452 | 8983 ± 540 | 6023 ± 644* | 6887 ± 1132* | 4196 ± 1098*, #, @ |
| Protein modification parameters | |||||
| Hemoglobin(g/dl) | 11.4 ± .62 | 11.6±.71 | 11.3±.93 | 10.8±.44 | 8.39±.41*, # |
| ACB (% decreases) | 1.24 ± 0.08 | 1.27 ± 0.05 | 1.19 ± 0.04 | 1.17 ± 0.09 | 0.84 ± 1* |
| UV (280 nm) | 0.451 ± 0.04 | 0.469 ± 0.04 | 0.458 ± 0.05 | 0.521 ± 0.07 | 0.70 ± 0.05* |
| Amadori(μmol/mg) | 1.2 ± 0.36 | 1.21 ± 0.55 | 1.48 ± 0.78* | 1.24 ± 0.33# | 1.68 ± 0.71*, #, @ |
| AGE content Florescence intensity (Ex390/Em460)) | 56.4 ± 5.9 | 58.42 ± 6.2 | 63.96 ± 4.06 | 61.76 ± 1.73 | 72.05 ± 2.64* |
| Some Lipid Profile | |||||
| TG (mg%) | 48 ± 2.4 | 50 ± 2.9 | 62 ± 5.2* | 60 ± 2.1* | 63 ± 2.9* |
| Cholesterol (mg%) | 54.3 ± 2.7 | 57.7 ± 2.38 | 62.7 ± 1.63 | 67 ± 2* | 73.3 ± 4.51* |
| Lipases (units/ml) | 11.54 ± .78 | 11.78±.6 | 14.6 ± 1.3* | 14.3 ± 1.12* | 14.82 ± 1.75* |
*
p < 0.05, comparison of normal group with honey, ghee and honey + ghee group.
#
p < 0.05, comparison of honey group with ghee and honey + ghee group.
@
p < 0.05, comparison of ghee group with honey and honey + ghee group.