Research Article

Polyploidy Analysis and Attenuation of Oxidative Stress in Hepatic Tissue of STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats Treated with an Aqueous Extract of Vochysia rufa

Table 4

Streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus alters ploidy levels in rats.

GroupNDND-AEVND-GBDBDB-AEVDB-GB

2n/4n

2n/4n, medians of the ratio between diploid and tetraploid cells; ; different letters in the same line indicate statistical significance ().
ND: nondiabetic. DB: STZ-induced diabetic. AEV: treated with aqueous extract of Vochysia rufa. GB: treated with glibenclamide.