Gastrodia elata Blume Rhizome Aqueous Extract Improves Arterial Thrombosis, Dyslipidemia, and Insulin Response in Testosterone-Deficient Rats

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Serum glucose and insulin levels and area under the curve (AUC) of serum glucose and insulin during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Orchidectomized (ORX) rats consumed either 1% cellulose (ORX-control), 0.3% GEB (GEB-L), or 1% GEB (GEB-H) in a 43% fat diet for 8 weeks. Sham rats had 1% cellulose (normal-control). Changes of serum glucose (a) and insulin (b) levels were measured after orally giving 2 g of glucose/kg body weight. The average of the area under the curve (AUC) of glucose (c) and insulin (d) during the first part (0–40 min) and second part (40–120 min) of OGTT. Each dot and bar and error bar represents the mean ± SD (). of the bars with different superscripts were significantly different among groups in Tukey’s test at . Significantly different among the groups at .

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