Aqueous Extract from Pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) Attenuated Hyperlipidemia and Cardiac Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Mice

Table 3

Plasma level of glucose (mmol/L), insulin (μg/L), and HOMA-IR index in normal (N), diabetic mice consuming normal diet (D), or 1% (D1), 2% (D2), 5% (D5) pepino at week 8.

	N	D	D1	D2	D5
Glucose	7.70 ± 0.72^a	14.60 ± 4.08^c	12.09 ± 3.51^b	11.81 ± 1.91^b	11.65 ± 2.05^b
Insulin	1.21 ± 0.62^a	2.10 ± 0.91^b	1.41 ± 0.76^a	1.33 ± 0.52^a	1.22 ± 0.42^a
HOMA-IR index	11.09 ± 5.67^a	37.85 ± 6.93^c	20.61 ± 4.58^b	16.15 ± 5.99^a	14.42 ± 5.40^a

Value are represented as mean ± SD (𝑛=10). ^a−cMeans in a row without a common letter differ, 𝑃<0.05.