The Hypoglycemic and Antioxidant Activity of Cress Seed and Cinnamon on Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes in Male Rats

Table 12

Effect of administration of L. sativum and cinnamon methanol extracts for 4 weeks on food intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), and food efficiency ratio (FER) in diabetic rats.

Biological evaluation	Statistics	G1; Negative control	G2; Positive control	G3; L. sativum extract	G4; Cinnamon extract
BWG; g/day	Mean ± SE	0.822 ± 0.026	0.422 ± 0.061	0.755 ± 0.014	0.738 ± 0.035
	LSD 0.05 = 3.379
	-test	—	5.13	−5.77	−9.58
BWG; g/4 weeks	Mean ± SE	24.666 ± 0.802	12.666 ± 1.855	22.666 ± 0.421	22.166 ± 1.077
	LSD 0.05 = 0.153
	-test	—	5.13	−5.77	−9.58
BWG %	Mean ± SE	13.284 ± 0.425	6.991 ± 1.029	11.867 ± 0.223	11.274 ± 0.592
	LSD 0.05 = 1.792
	-test	—	4.91	−5.18	−7.76
FER g/day	Mean ± SE	0.050 ± 0.001	0.025 ± 0.003	0.045 ± 0.000	0.044 ± 0.002
	LSD 0.05 = 0.006
	-test	—	5.34	−5.77	−9.58
FER%	Mean ± SE	5.022 ± 0.163	2.546 ± 0.373	4.510 ± 0.083	4.456 ± 0.216
	LSD 0.05 = 0.127
	-test	—	5.24	−5.63	−9.57

Data are represented as mean ± SE. For -test values, is significant at , is significant at , and is significant at . For ANOVA analysis, within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference; NS: nonsignificant.