Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) and Unripe Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 3

Body weights of non-diabetic and diabetic rats (g).

	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	PG (%)
Group 1	208.37±20.74	203.47±19.15	205.30±20.19	216.10±21.86	60.14 (increase)
Group 2	189.90±36.02	182.20±5.57	162.91±8.40	129.93±5.38	−248.90 (decrease)
Group 3	192.60±23.00	178.33±18.60	142.63±7.51	125.80±4.12	−250.14 (decrease)
Group 4	164.45±20.29	151.45±16.33	147.40±18.38	155.55±14.78	19.52 (increase)
Group 5	151.00±4.24	121.10±2.97	113.80±2.55	114.90±2.69	−29.52 (decrease)

Each value in the table is the average of triplicate experiments ± std. PG: percentage growth rate.