Impact of Ellagic Acid in Bone Formation after Tooth Extraction: An Experimental Study on Diabetic Rats

Table 1

The effect of EA on fasting blood glucose level of normal and diabetic experimental rats.

Group	Fasting blood glucose level (mmol/L)
	Pretreatment week	Treatment weeks
	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Normal control group	6.03 ± 0.33	6.33 ± 0.44	6.01 ± 0.35	6.13 ± 0.62	6.04 ± 0.60
Untreated diabetic control	20.58 ± 1.02^#	19.67 ± 1.04^#	18.93 ± 0.56^#	18.32 ± 0.74^#	18.00 ± 0.48^#
Treated diabetic group	19.65 ± 1.47^#	17.23 ± 0.32^*#	15.88 ± 0.42^*#	13.85 ± 0.29^*#	12.36 ± 0.42^*#

Mean values revealed by the Tukey comparisons test (). Values denote mean ± SD. Significant difference compared to untreated diabetic control (). Significant difference compared to normal control group ().