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In the present study, the effect of the artichoke extract over the fasting blood glucose and fructosamine in diabetic rats were evaluated. As expected, fasting blood glucose was significantly higher in the “Diabetic group” when compared to animals in the “Non-diabetic group”, “Extract” and “Diabetic extract”, demonstrating that the induction protocol used was efficient. On the other hand, that was observed that the fasting blood glucose of the animals in the group “Diabetic extract” was statistically lower when compared to the blood glucose of animals in the group “diabetic” (Graph 3).
Graph 3. Effect of artichoke extract on fasting glycemia in diabetic rats