Research Article
Immunomodulatory and Antidiabetic Effects of a New Herbal Preparation (HemoHIM) on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice
Table 1
Changes in organ weights in mice administered HemoHIM.
| | Nondiabetic | Nondiabetic + HemoHIM | Diabetic | Diabetic + HemoHIM |
| Liver (mg/g) | 39.25 ± 2.74 | 38.93 ± 0.97 | 48.39 ± 3.45* | 42.07 ± 4.55# | Kidney (mg/g) | 13.49 ± 0.23 | 13.44 ± 0.61 | 19.79 ± 1.01* | 15.22 ± 1.61*,# | Thymus (mg/g) | 1.30 ± 0.12 | 1.14 ± 0.11 | 0.58 ± 0.10* | 1.03 ± 0.14*,# | Lung (mg/g) | 4.84 ± 2.74 | 4.92 ± 0.10 | 6.06 ± 0.36* | 5.54 ± 0.26*,# | Spleen (mg/g) | 2.73 ± 0.19 | 2.96 ± 0.21 | 2.56 ± 0.41 | 2.77 ± 0.44 | Heart (mg/g) | 4.65 ± 0.22 | 4.74 ± 0.43 | 4.42 ± 0.11 | 4.41 ± 0.32 |
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Values are expressed as means ± S.D. compared with nondiabetic group. compared with diabetic group.
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