Table 2.

Effect of dry bearberry leaves extracts on HOMA-IR in a model of insulin-resistance induced by dexamethasone injections in rats

Indices	Time period
	Initial	5 weeks		7 weeks/experimental groups
		IC	Dex	IC	Dex	Dex_PE50	Dex_PE50_cys	Dex_cys	Dex_met	Dex_arph
Glucose, mmol/L	4.15 ± 0.28	4.03 ± 0.41	5.93 ± 0.63*	3.95 ± 0.27	7.58 ± 0.91*	5.81 ± 0.54*/#	5.37 ± 0.49#	6.01 ± 0.47*	5.33 ± 0.31*/#	6.11 ± 0.47*
IRI, pmol/L	73 ± 7	72 ± 8	105 ± 8*	74 ± 9	121 ± 15*	91 ± 9*	82 ± 7*/#	90 ± 9*	71 ± 6*/#	95 ± 10
HOMA	1.9 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.6	4.0 ± 0.8*/#	1.7 ± 0.6	5.9 ± 0.9	3.4 ± 0.6*/#	2.8 ± 0.3#	3.5 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	3.7 ± 0.4

Each value represents the mean ± standard error (n = 6)

^*Indicates significant difference relative to IC group (p ≤ 0.05)

^#Indicates significant difference relative to Dex group (p ≤ 0.05)