Table 2. Body weight (g) of rats in the 18 week experiment

The experimental groups are: control rats on standard diet (C); control rats treated with stobadine (0.05% w/w stobadine dipalmitate; C+STB); control rats treated with vitamin E (0.1% w/w D,L-alpha-tocopheryl acetate; C+E); control rats treated with t-butyl hydroxytoluene (0.4% w/w t-butyl hydroxytoluene; C+BHT); control rats treated with a mixture of stobadine (0.05% w/w stobadine dipalmitate) and vitamin E (0.1% w/w D,L-alpha-tocopheryl acetate; C+STB+E); untreated diabetic rats (D); diabetic rats treated with stobadine (0.05% w/w stobadine dipalmitate; D+STB); diabetic rats treated with vitamin E (0.1% w/w D,L-alpha-tocopheryl acetate; D+E); diabetic rats treated with t-butyl hydroxytoluene (0.4% w/w t-butyl hydroxytoluene; D+BHT); and diabetic rats treated with a mixture of stobadine (0.05% w/w stobadine dipalmitate) and vitamin E (0.1% w/w D,L-alpha-tocopheryl acetate; D+STB+E).Values shown are means±SEM (n=4 for control groups, n=8 for diabetic groups).

        Control groups                  Diabetic groups
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Treatment   Day 10    Week 18    Treatment    Day 10    Week 18
---------   -------   --------   ---------   --------   -------
 C          239±0.7   480±11.2    D          242±0.5    237±4.9
 C+STB      240±0.6   438±5.8     D+STB      240±0.4    205±7.1
 C+E        232±0.7   485±11.4    D+E        238±0.3    214±7.4
 C+BHT      231±0.6   460±8.1     D+BHT      228±0.3    229±4.3
 C+STB+E    213±0.4   464±10.5    D+STB+E    231±0.4    215±1.4