Antidiabetic Effect of Fresh Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Low-Dose Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Table 3

Analytical methods of blood plasma chemistry items.

Biomarker	Raw diet (mg/dL)	High fat diet-STZ (mg/dL)
	RD-Control	HF-STZ-Control	HF-STZ-NPWE	HF-STZ-Rosiglitazone
Albumin
Total protein
AST^(1)
ALT^(2)
Cholesterol
Triglyceride
HDL-cholesterol
LDL-cholesterol
Creatine
Uric acid

ST: aspartate aminotransferase
LT: alanine aminotransferase
Values are expressed as the mean ± SE (). Different letters in rows show statistically significant differences, .