The Protective Effects of Insulin and Natural Honey against Hippocampal Cell Death in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Characteristic parameters of the control and STZ-diabetic rats.

Parameters	Groups
	C; Mean ± SD	D; Mean ± SD	I; Mean ± SD	H; Mean ± SD	I + H; Mean ± SD
Initial body weight (g)	271±52	257±35	235±22	215±17	205±19
Final body weight (g)	315±32	205±12^∗	259±15.2^∗∗	225±11.2	251±17^∗∗
Initial blood glucose (mg/dL)	105±7	349.5±54	512±35	574±17	498±25
Final blood glucose (mg/dL)	109±5	512±32^∗	110±12^∗∗	413±29	116±9.5^∗∗

C: the control group; D: the untreated diabetic group; I: the diabetic rats treated with insulin; H: rats treated with honey; I + H: diabetic rats treated with insulin and honey simultaneously. ^∗𝑃<0.01 versus control group (C); ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus diabetic group (D).