Research Article

Effect of Early and Late Interventions with Dietary Oils on Vascular and Neural Complications in a Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model

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Effect of dietary oils on cornea sensitivity in high-fat-fed diabetic Sprague-Dawley rats. Corneal sensitivity was determined after early (open bars) and late (hatched bars) interventions by using Cochet-Bonnet filament esthesiometer as described in Materials and Methods. Data are presented as the for corneal sensitivity in cm. The number of rats in each group was the same as shown in Tables 1 and 2, for the early and late intervention periods, respectively. Corneal sensitivities for control and diabetic rats at the beginning of the early intervention treatment were and , respectively. compared to control rats; compared to diabetic rats. OO: olive oil; SO: safflower oil; EPO: evening primrose oil; FO: flaxseed oil; MO: menhaden oil.