Table 1.

Body weight and glucose levels in the blood of the experimental animals.

Animals	Body weight, g		Blood glucose levels, mmol/L
	Start of experiment	End of experiment	Start of experiment	End of experiment
Non-diabetic rats	172.0 ± 17.175	218.0 ± 14.404*	8.08 ± 0.228	8.14 ± 0.329
STZ-diabetic rats	162.14 ± 11.495	162.86 ± 24.640	25.91 ± 3.765 ♦	31.91 ± 2.042 ♦
STZ-diabetic rats administered with omega 3 PUFAs	178.83 ± 9.806	181.17 ± 18.280	22.97 ± 1.663 ♦	29.02 ± 2.941 ♦

Values are means ± SD, n = 6 rats in each group. *p ≤ 0.01 compared to the start of the experiment (Student’s t-test), ^♦p ≤ 0.001 compared to the nondiabetic group (one-way ANOVA).