Antihyperglycemic Activity of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Figure 4

Effect of HC (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) on STZ-induced changes in the levels of expression of caspase-3 in liver, pancreas, and adipose tissues. The blots (a) are representative of caspase-3 in liver, pancreas, and adipose tissues. The results in the histogram (b) are expressed as ratio of relative intensity of levels of protein expression of caspase-3 to β-Actin. All values are mean±SEM of three separate sets of independent experiments. ^a𝑃<0.05 compared to normal control; ^b𝑃<0.05 compared to diabetic control; ^c𝑃<0.05 compared to glibenclamide; ^d𝑃<0.05 compared to HC 100; ^e𝑃<0.05 compared to HC 200 (One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test).

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