Research Article

Brazilian Morus nigra Attenuated Hyperglycemia, Dyslipidemia, and Prooxidant Status in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 3

Effects of EEMn on body weight gain, urinary urea, urinary glucose, heart, liver, epididymal and retroperitoneal adipose tissue, muscles soleus, and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) of nondiabetic control (C), nondiabetic control 400 mg/Kg extract treated (CT400), diabetic control (DC), diabetic 200 mg/kg (DT200), and 400 mg/Kg (DT400) extract treated and diabetic treated with insulin (3 U/rat, DI).

GroupsBody weight gain (g)Urinary urea (g/24 h)Urinary glucose (mg)Heart (mg/100 g)Liver (g/100 g)RAT (mg/100 g)EAT (mg/100 g)Soleus (mg/100 g)EDL (mg/100 g)

C80.5 ± 4.00.42 ± 0.03349.2 ± 4,64.2 ± 0.27607.0 ± 34.9682.0 ± 24.311.4 ± 2.1412.29 ± 1.22
CT40074.7 ± 5.00.41 ± 0.03363.5 ± 7.74.5 ± 0.12940.0 ± 154.7955.6 ± 76.711.2 ± 1.1611.59 ± 0.39
DC16.3 ± 4.41.89 ± 0.14372.8 ± 14.04.4 ± 0.2137.3 ± 25.7120.9 ± 37.89.3 ± 1.259.72 ± 1.70
DT20012.4 ± 6.81.19 ± 0.0941.88 ± 3.82328.4 ± 3.14.2 ± 0.1554.2 ± 29.8285.0 ± 62.410.2 ± 1.2810.59 ± 2.53
DT40029.0 ± 5.41.03 ± 0.0418.65 ± 1.10390.7 ± 26.14.2 ± 0.13326.0 ± 79.7642.0 ± 48.013.8 ± 2.9710.30 ± 1.28
DI83.2 ± 8.00.81 ± 0.1313.57 ± 0.15357.9 ± 16.59.8 ± 0.27288.0 ± 16.0229.0 ± 32.010.23 ± 1.1811.40 ± 1.45

Each point represents the means ± SEM of 5–7 animals. versus C; versus DC.