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10 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine<br />

0.15<br />

∗ P < 0.05<br />

400<br />

∗∗∗ ∗∗∗ P < 0.001<br />

Body weight (g)<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

Weight of adrenal glands (g)<br />

0.10<br />

0.05<br />

∗<br />

∗<br />

0<br />

0.00<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

20<br />

∗<br />

∗ P < 0.05<br />

1.5<br />

Weight of liver (g)<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

Weight of pancreas (g)<br />

1.0<br />

0.5<br />

0<br />

0.0<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

1.5<br />

4<br />

Weight of heart (g)<br />

1.0<br />

0.5<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

0.0<br />

0<br />

Normal<br />

Diabetes<br />

Insulin injected control<br />

PPT-type 10 mg/kg/day<br />

PPT-type 30 mg/kg/day<br />

PPD-type 10 mg/kg/day<br />

PPD-type 30 mg/kg/day<br />

Normal<br />

Diabetes<br />

Insulin injected control<br />

PPT-type 10 mg/kg/day<br />

PPT-type 30 mg/kg/day<br />

Weight of kidneys (g)<br />

PPD-type 10 mg/kg/day<br />

PPD-type 30 mg/kg/day<br />

(e)<br />

(f)<br />

Figure 7: Weights of rats (Panel (a)) and weights of adrenal gland (Panel (b)), liver (Panel (c)), pancreas (Panel (d)), hearts (Panel (e)), and<br />

kidneys (Panel (f)). The insulin injected control group is slightly heavier than other groups. Results were expressed as the mean ± standard<br />

error; ∗ P < 0.05 fortheindicatedcomparisonsversusdiabeticgroup.

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