Influence of Oreocnide integrifolia (Gaud.) Miq on IRS-1, Akt and Glut-4 in Fat-Fed C57BL/6J Type 2 Diabetes Mouse Model

Table 2

Glucose and insulin.

	Control	Diabetic	OI extract-treated
Glucose (mmol L^-1)	5.70 ± 0.71	16.12 ± 0.81***	8.90 ± 0.56^*/♦♦♦
Insulin (pmol L^-1)	88.32 ± 7.27	66.39 ± 6.63^*/ns	72.43 ± 10.25^ns/ns

Effect of OI extract on plasma levels of glucose and insulin in control and experimental animals. Mean ± SEM of six animals.
^{***/♦♦♦}P < .001, *P < .05, ns = P > .05; where * = control versus diabetic, control versus OI extract-treated and ♦ = diabetic versus OI extract-treated.