Black Seed Thymoquinone Improved Insulin Secretion, Hepatic Glycogen Storage, and Oxidative Stress in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Male Wistar Rats

Table 1

The effect of NSO 2 mL/kg on weekly body weight (g) of STZ-induced diabetic rats.

	Groups	Control	Nigella	Diabetic	Diabetic Nigella treated
Body weight (g)	Week 1	200.50 ± 1.48^a	200.33 ± 1.60^a	201.17 ± 1.72^a	201.50 ± 2.08^a
	Week 2	212.50 ± 3.23^a	211.25 ± 2.46^a	205.50 ± 2.10^a	203.25 ± 4.59^a
	Week 3	220.00 ± 4.56^a	228.75 ± 4.92^a	195.00 ± 3.19^b	200.75 ± 4.91^b
	Week 4	226.75 ± 5.27^a	239.00 ± 3.56^a	160.00 ± 4.^c	188.50 ± 3.12^b

Values are presented as mean ± SE. ^abcDifferent letters on numbers in each row represent a significant difference at .