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 ± 1.68^a	194.50 ± 1.78^a	197.83 ± 2.02^a	198.83 ± 2.32^a
	-test		−0.94^NS	−1.28^NS	−1.69^NS
1st week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 9.690	195.00 ± 1.03^b	170.83 ± 2.07^c	194.50 ± 0.88^b	206.50 ± 0.71^a
	-test		15.3	−14.9	−21.6
2nd week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 3.000	202.67 ± 0.95^b	173.83 ± 1.32^c	202.50 ± 0.76^b	210.67 ± 0.42^a
	-test		13.5	−20.0	−26.7
3rd week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 3.107	207.83 ± 0.70^b	163.33 ± 1.40^c	210.17 ± 0.54^b	215.00 ± 0.77^a
	-test		23.7	−26.34	−30.63
4th week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 6.041	213.67 ± 1.58^a	148.33 ± 2.85^b	218.17 ± 0.94^b	225.17 ± 1.13^b
	-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.