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Table 1.

Effect of various pharmacological interventions on body weights, total proteins and blood glucose of animals.

S. no.	Groups	Body weight (g)	Total protein (mg/dl)	Blood glucose (mg/dl)	ALB (mg/dl)
1	Vehicle control	127.11 ± 2.71	7.60 ± 0.42	62.83 ± 0.70	4.01 ± 0.02
2	DENA control	117.23 ± 2.13	3.63 ± 0.20^a^/^⁎⁎	50.33 ± 1..33^a^/^⁎⁎⁎	2.16 ± 0.06^a^/^⁎⁎⁎
3	MTG	079.83 ± 3.21	4.78 ± 0.31^b^/^⁎⁎⁎	36.60 ± 0.54^b^/^⁎⁎⁎	2.98 ± 0.09^b^/^⁎⁎
4	PMTG	123.26 ± 3.77	4.83 ± 0.32^b^/^⁎⁎⁎	32.78 ± 1.292^b^/^⁎⁎⁎	2.61 ± 0.14^b^/^⁎⁎
5	Metformin	072.18 ± 2.01	5.83 ± 0.30^a^/^⁎⁎	53.67 ± 1.14^a^/^⁎⁎⁎	3.61 ± 0.21^a^/^⁎⁎⁎

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (N = 6). MTG = Metformin therapeutic group and PMTG = prophylactic metformin treatment group.

p < 0.001, as compared to vehicle control.

p < 0.01as compared to DENA control.

^⁎⁎

p < 0.01, as compared to vehicle treated group.

^⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001, as compared to vehicle treated group.