Table 4.

The effect of P. dactylifera on the levels of lipase and insulin.

Treatment group	Lipase (U/l)	Insulin (μM/ml)
Normal control (saline 10 ml/kg)	18.54 ± 1.41	14.47 ± 0.54
Diabetes control (saline 10 ml/kg)	109.4 ± 1.14∗∗∗	2.92 ± 0.09∗∗∗
Glibenclamide (10 mg/kg)	174 ± 2.12∗∗∗	0.97 ± 0.02∗∗∗
Seed extract (100 mg/kg)	100.44 ± 1.40∗∗∗	0.54 ± 0.05∗∗∗
Seed extract (200 mg/kg)	123.34 ± 1.04∗∗∗	1.39 ± 0.10∗∗∗
Seed extract (400 mg/kg)	147.6 ± 1.81∗∗∗	2.13 ± 0.02∗∗∗

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM with significant levels of ^∗∗∗p < 0.001 compared to normal control.