Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) and Unripe Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Biochemical parameters in the urine of diabetic and non-diabetic rats.

	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Group 1	Glucose: −ve; Protein: Nil; SPGR: 1.015–1.02	−ve; Trace; 1.02	−ve; Trace; 1.02–1.025	−ve; Trace; 1.02–1.025
Group 2	Glucose: −ve; Protein: Nil; SPGR: 1.02–1.025	Trace to 2+; 100 mg/dL; 1.06–1.07	+ to 2+; 100–300 mg/dL; 1.03–1.04	2+; 100–300 mg/dL; 1.025–1.03
Group 3	Glucose: Nil; Protein: Trace; SRGR: 1.02–1.03	Trace to +; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.05–1.07	Trace to 2+; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.04–1.07	2+ to 3+; 10–300 mg/dL; 1.05–1.07
Group 4	Glucose: Nil; Protein: Trace; SRGR: 1.02–1.025	Trace to +; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.06–1.07	−ve to 2+; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.04–1.07	−ve to trace; Nil to 30 mg/dL; 1.03–1.04
Group 5	Glucose: Nil; Protein: Trace; SRGR: 1.02–1.025	Trace to +; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.06–1.07	−ve to 2+; 30–100 mg/dL; 1.04–1.07	−ve to trace; Nil to 30 mg/dL; 1.02–1.05

−ve: negative or absent; +: positive or present.