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. 2021 Dec 27;11:24464. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04008-x

Table 2.

Experimental induction of type-2 diabetes by streptozotocin (STZ) injection.

S. no. Groups Blood sugar concentration (mg/dL) in overnight fasting rats before the injection of Streptozotocin (STZ) Blood sugar concentration (mg/dL) after the injection of Streptozotocin (STZ)
1 Control (normal rats)

i. 102

ii. 92

iii. 87

iv. 108

2 Diabetic without ulcer (untreated rats)

i. 98

ii. 90

iii. 89

iv. 99

i’. 368

ii’. 239

iii’. 366

iv’. 261

3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Diabetic with ulcer (untreated rats)

i. 110

ii. 102

iii. 94

iv. 87

i’. 325

ii’. 338

iii’. 302

iv’. 319

4

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs treated rats)

i. 95

ii. 130

iii. 94

iv. 102

i’. 380

ii’. 397

iii’. 394

iv’. 382

5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs + light treated rats)

i. 108

ii. 100

iii. 80

iv. 98

i’. 376

ii’. 265

iii’. 277

iv’. 264

6

Staphylococcus aureus

Diabetic with ulcer (untreated rats)

i. 138

ii. 112

iii. 98

iv. 104

i’. 309

ii’. 386

iii’. 287

iv’. 312

7

Staphylococcus aureus

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs treated rats)

i. 139

ii. 87

iii. 94

iv. 93

i’. 299

ii’. 310

iii’. 264

iv’. 317

8

Staphylococcus aureus

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs + light treated rats)

i. 130

ii. 123

iii. 117

iv. 103

i’. 385

ii’. 305

iii’. 377

iv’. 338

9

Polymicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus + Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Diabetic with ulcer (untreated rats)

i. 104

ii. 110

iii. 96

iv. 117

i’. 291

ii’. 271

iii’. 359

iv’. 331

10

Polymicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus + Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs treated rats)

i. 109

ii. 106

iii. 103

iv. 122

i’. 362

ii’. 358

iii’. 376

iv’. 321

11

Polymicrobial (Staphylococcus aureus + Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

Diabetic with ulcer (TBO–chit–Au–AgNPs + light treated rats)

i. 106

ii. 114

iii. 73

iv. 111

i’. 319

ii’. 375

iii’. 332

iv’. 345