Blood glucose lowering property of water in oral insulin-fed diabetic rats

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Blood glucose lowering profiles of diabetic rats receiving deionized water (♦), insulin solution (▪) and none (▴) in three independent studies (n = 5/group).

Table 1.  FTIR, XRD, viscosity and osmolality profiles of deionized water and insulin solution, and blood insulin concentration of diabetic rats following administration of these aqueous samples.

	Deionised water	Insulin solution
FTIR O-H peak wavenumber (cm^−1)^a	3440.97 ± 0.03 1650.17 ± 0.90	3436.49 ± 1.04 1647.04 ± 1.20
XRD area under curve^a	293527.3 ± 13586.2 (2θ = 27.14 ± 1.06)	190624.0 ± 21011.2 (2θ = 27.20 ± 0.64)
Specific viscosity^a	1.000 ± 0.009	1.007 ± 0.006
Osmolality (osmol/kg)^a	0.003 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001
Blood insulin concentration (pg/ml) n = 10/group	9.040 ± 9.600(12 h)^b 1.969 ± 2.409(24 h)^c	15.317 ± 14.506(12 h)^b 2.574 ± 4.881(24 h)^c

Student’s t-test, 2-tail (deionized water vs insulin solution).

^ap < 0.050, ^bp = 0.330, ^cp = 0.730.