The Antidiabetic Effect of Low Doses of Moringa oleifera Lam. Seeds on Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy in Male Rats

Table 7

Effect of treating diabetic rats with Moringa seeds powder for 4 weeks on water consumption.

Water consumed; mL/day	Statistics	G1; −ve control	G2; +ve control	G3; 50 mg; Moringa	G4; 100 mg; Moringa
1st week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 3.257	33.33 ± 1.05^a	42.50 ± 1.11^b	36.33 ± 0.88^b	36.33 ± 0.88^b
	-test		−4.5	7.4	4.0
2nd week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 2.308	33.66 ± 0.88^c	42.50 ± 1.11^a	34.83 ± 0.90^c	37.16 ± 0.79^b
	-test		−10.6	5.5	4.5
3rd week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 3.431	29.16 ± 1.53^b	42.50 ± 1.11^a	26.66 ± 1.66^c	26.66 ± 1.05^c
	-test		−8.0	7.8	19.0
4th week	Mean ± SE; LSD 0.05 = 3.832	27.50 ± 1.11^b	41.33 ± 1.17^a	28.00 ± 1.00^b	27.50 ± 1.11^b
	-test		−6.4	10.3	6.6

Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; < 0.001. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at < 0.05, whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at < 0.05. LSD: least significant difference.