Characterization and Attenuation of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Organ Damage by Polysaccharides from Spent Mushroom Substrate (Pleurotus eryngii)

Table 1

Effects of En-, Ac-, and Al-MSP on body weights and GLU levels in STZ-induced diabetic mice (the values are reported as the means ± SD ()).

	GLU (mM)		Body weight (g)
	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Pretreatment	Posttreatment
NC	4.22 ± 0.25	4.34 ± 0.18	21.74 ± 2.34	34.83 ± 2.17
MC	14.37 ± 0.74^a	14.58 ± 0.62^a	21.36 ± 2.08	23.34 ± 2.11^a
En-MSP (mg/kg)
800	14.22 ± 0.55^a	8.03 ± 0.32^c	22.34 ± 2.01	28.56 ± 1.76^ac
400	14.98 ± 0.37^a	9.41 ± 0.19^c	21.92 ± 2.15	25.76 ± 2.33^c
200	14.41 ± 0.21^a	10.24 ± 0.27^c	21.78 ± 1.48	24.38 ± 2.21^bc
Ac-MSP (mg/kg)
800	14.71 ± 1.03^a	8.42 ± 0.42^c	22.01 ± 1.01	27.42 ± 1.58^bc
400	14.22 ± 0.31^a	9.26 ± 0.15^c	22.30 ± 2.21	25.88 ± 2.01^c
200	14.31 ± 0.34^a	11.58 ± 0.50^bc	21.29 ± 2.37	23.08 ± 1.96^ad
Al-MSP (mg/kg)
800	14.05 ± 0.91^a	9.06 ± 0.22^c	22.76 ± 1.98	26.38 ± 1.89^c
400	14.99 ± 0.65^a	10.35 ± 0.61^c	21.78 ± 2.54	24.16 ± 2.51^bc
200	14.65 ± 0.34^a	12.81 ± 0.16^bc	21.51 ± 1.95	22.99 ± 2.10^c

and compared with the NC group, and compared with the MC group.