Nigella sativa Fixed and Essential Oil Supplementation Modulates Hyperglycemia and Allied Complications in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Effects of diets containing NSFO and NSEO on blood glucose and insulin levels in diabetic rats.

Parameters	Diets	Study intervals (days)
		0	28	56
Glucose; (mg/dL)	D1 (control)	211.78±12.22^c	241.67±7.83^b	282.10±8.20^a
	D2 (NSFO)	217.41±9.09^c	214.28±7.20^c	208.50±9.18^c
	D3 (NSEO)	210.47±8.01^c	195.36±9.51^d	188.94±8.39^e
Insulin; (μU/mL)	D1 (control)	42.11±1.35^b	32.07±1.04^d	20.33±0.59^e
	D2 (NSFO)	40.35±1.03^bc	38.68±0.70^c	42.62±0.89^b
	D3 (NSEO)	42.38±0.52^b	45.44±1.34^a	46.80±2.08^a

Means sharing same letters in a column/row do not differ significantly at 𝑃<0.05.