The Effect of Tianmai Xiaoke Pian on Insulin Resistance through PI3-K/AKT Signal Pathway

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of the three experimental groups.

	Control group		Diabetic group		TMXKP-treated group
	0 weeks	2 months	0 weeks	2 months	0 weeks	2 months
Weight (g)	276 ± 5	332 ± 7	272 ± 4	286 ± 6	278 ± 5	287 ± 5
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.78 ± 0.15	1.74 ± 0.20	1.74 ± 0.09	3.72 ± 0.16	1.69 ± 0.21	3.13 ± 0.15
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.68 ± 0.12	0.72 ± 0.12	0.71 ± 0.06	2.39 ± 0.42	0.68 ± 0.04	1.86 ± 0.13

Weight, total cholesterol, and triglycerides of all rats were recorded at the beginning and at 2 months of the experiment. Weight was decreased in the untreated and TMXKP-treated diabetic groups. We could observe an increase in cholesterol and triglycerides in diabetic rats, but TMXKP could decrease these elevations.
, , versuscontrol group; #, , versus diabetic group.