The Antidiabetic Effect of Low Doses of Moringa oleifera Lam. Seeds on Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy in Male Rats
Table 6
Effect of treating diabetic rats with Moringa seeds powder for 4 weeks on total body weight.
Total body weight (g)
Statistics
G1 −ve control
G2 +ve control
G3 50 mg Moringa
G4 100 mg Moringa
Initial weight
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 11.484
191.83 ± 1.68a
194.50 ± 1.78a
197.83 ± 2.02a
198.83 ± 2.32a
-test
−0.94NS
−1.28NS
−1.69NS
1st week
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 9.690
195.00 ± 1.03b
170.83 ± 2.07c
194.50 ± 0.88b
206.50 ± 0.71a
-test
15.3
−14.9
−21.6
2nd week
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 3.000
202.67 ± 0.95b
173.83 ± 1.32c
202.50 ± 0.76b
210.67 ± 0.42a
-test
13.5
−20.0
−26.7
3rd week
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 3.107
207.83 ± 0.70b
163.33 ± 1.40c
210.17 ± 0.54b
215.00 ± 0.77a
-test
23.7
−26.34
−30.63
4th week
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 6.041
213.67 ± 1.58a
148.33 ± 2.85b
218.17 ± 0.94b
225.17 ± 1.13b
-test
14.89
−22.05
−24.59
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; < 0.001. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at < 0.05, whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at < 0.05. LSD: least significant difference.