In Vivo Interrelationship between Insulin Resistance and Interferon Gamma Production: Protective and Therapeutic Effect of Berberine

Table 2

Effect of HFD alone or combined with berberine on insulin resistance.

Groups	Body weight (gm)	Glucose (mg/dL)	Insulin (µU/mL)	HOMA-IR	HOMA-β
Control	149.16 ± 10.88	95.70 ± 9.70	11.0 ± 1.43	2.209 ± 0.52	153 ± 11.6
Untreated HFD	178.5 ± 14.33	130.45 ± 15.29	21.8 ± 2.77	6.09 ± 1.33	102.86 ± 23.2
Treated HFD with BRB	157.66 ± 11.80	107.08 ± 3.80	11.7 ± 1.16	2.73 ± 0.61	118 ± 8.6
Protected HFD with BRB	173.5 ± 15.87	110.95 ± 4.27	11.9 ± 1.78	2.72 ± 0.91	93.4 ± 5.7

Mean value in each column having different superscript (a, b) is significant difference at .