Research Article

The Novel Oral Drug Subetta Exerts an Antidiabetic Effect in the Diabetic Goto-Kakizaki Rat: Comparison with Rosiglitazone

Table 2

Whole blood HbA1c (%; M ± SEM), basal (non-fed state) plasma insulin (ng/mL; M ± SEM), and GLP-1 (ng/mL; M ± SEM) in Goto Kakizaki/Par male rats ( in each group).

GroupsWhole blood HbA1c level (%)Plasma insulin level (ng/mL)Plasma GLP-1 level (ng/mL)
Day 0 (d0)Day 28 (d28)Day 1 (d1)Day 28 (d28)Day 1 (d1)Day 28 (d28)

RAD of Abs to β-InsR8.38 ± 0.27ND=48.76 ± 0.262.7 ± 0.42.7 ± 0.47.70 ± 0.74#7.24 ± 0.49#
RAD of Abs to eNOS8.90 ± 0.219.85 ± 0.44*2.8 ± 0.42.7 ± 0.46.10 ± 0.775.42 ± 0.66
Subetta9.32 ± 0.50ND=38.87 ± 0.133.0 ± 0.32.2 ± 0.2**5.70 ± 0.446.56 ± 0.61
Rosi8.78 ± 0.249.18 ± 0.291.8 ± 0.4##1.2 ± 0.1*#5.96 ± 0.525.51 ± 0.58
H2O9.15 ± 0.178.77 ± 0.123.2 ± 0.42.4 ± 0.3***5.30 ± 0.495.30 ± 0.50
CMC9.30 ± 0.21ND=69.20 ± 0.39ND=24.0 ± 0.52.0 ± 0.3**5.55 ± 0.474.58 ± 0.44

ND = 2, 3, 4 or 6: number of rats, for which whole blood HbA1c level (%) was not determined because of failure of the assays or insufficient number (volume) of samples
(versus d0 or d1, resp.)
(versus d1)
(versus d1)
# < 0.05 (versus control ( or CMC, resp.))
## < 0.01 (versus control ( or CMC, resp.)).