The Synergistic Beneficial Effect of Thyme Honey and Olive Oil against Diabetes and Its Complications Induced by Alloxan in Wistar Rats

Table 5

Effect of daily oral administration of thyme honey, olive oil, and their combination on blood glucose level in the diabetic and nondiabetic rats.

Experimental groups	Blood fasting glucose levels (mg/dl)
	Day 0 (baseline)	Day 10	Day 20	Day 30
DW	101 ± 4.24	97 ± 2.82	98.5 ± 4.94	102.5 ± 4.94^≠≠≠c
OO	95.5 ± 6.36	96 ± 1.41	98 ± 5.65	97 ± 7.07^≠≠≠c
TH	98 ± 2.82	99 ± 1.56	100 ± 1.12	98 ± 4.59^≠≠≠c
DC	351.5 ± 27.57	399.5 ± 16.26	417,5 ± 13.43	437 ± 26.87
DC + OO	359 ± 19.79	263 ± 21.21	201 ± 15.55	163.5 ± 21.92
DC + TH	320 ± 20.19	300 ± 60.12	261 ± 30.15	240.14 ± 30.89
DC + OO + TH	318 ± 30.21	260.18 ± 42.40	200.80 ± 12.56	158.54 ± 20.42

Data are expressed as mean ± SD; a: comparison between day 0 and the other days, b: comparison between the control group (DW) and all groups on day 30, and c: comparison between the diabetic group (DC) and all groups on day 30 (, , and ).