Table 1 of
Shyong, Mol Vis 2007;
13:133-141.
Table 1. Animal physiological variables
Animals were made diabetic by a single streptozocin (STZ) injection (65 mg/kg) in 1 mmol/l sodium citrate buffer, pH 4.5. All diabetic animals had higher blood glucose levels and reduced body weight gain compared to age matched, non-diabetic control animals.
After streptozotocin induction of diabetes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baseline (n=4) 5 Days (n=4) 10 Days (n=4) 15 Days (n=4) ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- Increase Increase Increase Blood in body Blood in body Blood in body Blood sugar weight sugar weight sugar weight sugar Sample BW (g) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl) -------- ------ ------- ------ -------- ------- ------ -------- ------- ------ -------- ------- Age- matched control rat 248+14 139+13 260+13 4.8 141+11 294+10 18.5 154+12 312+ 9 25.8 143+11 STZ- induced diabetic rat 251+11 143+ 9 257+10 2.4 352+15 270+14 7.7 377+13 280+11 11.6 396+15 |