Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 1 Biometric and biochemical parameters

From: Effect of silibinin on endothelial dysfunction and ADMA levels in obese diabetic mice

	db/m + vehicle	db/db + vehicle	db/db + silibinin
8-weeks weight (g)	22.5 ± 0.5	33.0 ± 2.2*	32.5 ± 2.7*
12-weeks weight (g)	25.6 ± 1.2	38.4 ± 1.8*	36.8 ± 1.9*
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	68.2 ± 7.6	220.8 ± 40.2**	112.7 ± 22.8^†
Serum insulin (mU/L)	6.8 ± 1.2	10.3 ± 0.8**	7.5 ± 1.1^†
HOMA-IR	1.1 ± 0.2	5.6 ± 0.5**	2.1 ± 0.3^††

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 versus db/m + vehicle, ^†P < 0.05, ^†† P < 0.01 versus db/db + vehicle.

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