Table 2.

Absorption spectra (% ± SD) of in vitro glycation and in vitro deglycation by ATR–FTIR spectroscopy (970 and 1140 cm⁻¹) and NanoDrop spectroscopy (530 nm). * p < 0.05.

Process	Absorbance at	DM Group (n = 32)	Control Group (n = 28)	p Value
In vitro glycation	970 and 1140 cm−1	88.50 ± 4.42	82.07 ± 6.86	<0.001 *
	530 nm	0.025 ± 0.008	0.017 ± 0.008	0.002 *
In vitro	970 and 1140 cm−1	77.34 ± 2.05	77.24 ± 1.68	0.847
deglycation	530 nm	0.059 ± 0.039	0.025 ± 0.016	<0.001 *