Protective Effect of Ethanol Extracts of Hericium erinaceus on Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Neuropathic Pain in Rats

Table 1

Effect of HEE on changes in the levels of blood glucose and urine sugar.

Groups	Blood glucose; mmol/L	Urine sugar
Control group	5.04 ± 0.39	NIL
Alloxan group	8.08 ± 0.27	+++
HEE 10 mg/kg group	7.88 ± 0.20	+++
HEE 20 mg/kg group	7.03 ± 0.20	++
HEE 40 mg/kg group	5.26 ± 0.27^*	NIL

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM ( = 10). The data was analysed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Dunnett’s test. versus diabetic group.
+++ indicates more than 2% sugar; NIL indicates 0 sugar; ++ and + indicate less than 2% sugar.