Yi-Qi-Zeng-Min-Tang, a Chinese medicine, ameliorates insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic rats

Table 2 General characteristics of normal pellet diet-fed rats and high fat diet-fed/streptozotocin induced diabetic rats (mean ± SE)

	NPD (n = 10)	HFD+STZ (n = 50)
Body weight (g)	411.30 ± 2.74	457.90 ± 2.43b
Glu (mmol/L)	3.60 ± 0.31	12.82 ± 1.08b
FINS (pg/mL)	4820.49 ± 326.89	7197.36 ± 253.89b
HOMA-IR	18.74 ± 1.56	97.26 ± 4.98b
TG (mmol/L)	0.78 ± 0.05	2.24 ± 0.12b
TC (mmol/L)	2.14 ± 0.06	8.40 ± 0.49b
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.27 ± 0.03	0.57 ± 0.03b
LDL-c (mmol/L)	0.72 ± 0.04	7.84 ± 0.51b

Glu: Fasting serum glucose; FINS: Fasting serum insulin; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model assessment of basal insulin resistance; TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total cholesterol; HDL-c: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NPD: Normal pellet diet; HFD: High fat diet; STZ: Streptozotocin.

^bP < 0.01 vs NPD group.